Politics

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U.S. ARMY VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS 'TOO FAST': "Pushing this kind of social agenda in the military, especially during a time of war, is not appropriate," retired Lt. Gen. Benjamin R. Mixon says of the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell."

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President Barack Obama walks from Marine One across the South Lawn to the White House, Friday, May 6, 2011 in Washington, as he returns from Kentucky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told his nation's parliament the country "reserves the right to retaliate" if the U.S. tries another raid like last week's attack on Osama bin Laden's compound. "No one should underestimate the resolve and capability of our nation," he said.

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Associated Press Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, long thought to be weighing a presidential bid, said Monday that he will make it official on Wednesday. He will address the Georgia Republican Party convention on Friday, aides said. He represented a Georgia district in Congress for 20 years.

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MEN'S HEALTH Men's Heath magazine has dubbed Rep. Aaron Schock, Illinois Republican, "America's Fittest Congressman" and the "ripped representative."

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila C. Bair is leaving stepping down as one of the government's top bank regulators, ending a five-year term in which she helped craft the government's response to the 2008 financial crisis.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS David Goldman (right) and his 10-year-old son, Sean, live in Tinton Falls, N.J., where the boy attends school and plays baseball. "It's really incredible," says Mr. Goldman of life today. "It's perfect. From what it was to where we are, it's beautiful."

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Supporters of Pakistan's Muslim League burn a representation of the U.S. flag during an anti-American demonstration Monday in Multan, Pakistan. Pakistan's prime minister is rejecting allegations that national authorities were either complicit in hiding al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden or incompetent in tracking him down. (Associated Press)

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Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner takes his seat after making a statement during the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue meetings at the Treasury Department in Washington on Monday, May 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. greets Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan during the opening session of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) on Monday, May 9, 2011, at the Interior Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Migrants arrive Sunday on the tiny island of Lampedusa, Italy. Italian police and coast guard officials on Sunday rescued some 400 illegal migrants coming from Libya whose boat was tossed against rocks near port in southern Italy after the steering malfunctioned, officials said. (Associated Press)

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In this image taken from video and released by CBS, President Obama is seen during a May 4 interview with “60 Minutes” correspondent Steve Kroft at the White House. During the interview, Obama told Kroft that he decided not to release the photos taken of Osama Bin Laden after he was killed by Navy SEALS in Pakistan. (Associated Press/CBS)

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In this image taken on a mobile phone, a Syrian soldier patrols streets Sunday in Damascus, Syria. A 12-year-old boy was killed Sunday as gunfire and shelling erupted in the central Syrian city of Homs, a flashpoint in the widespread seven-week-old uprising against President Bashar Assad's autocratic regime, an activist said. (Associated Press)

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Anti-government protesters burn a poster showing Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a demonstration Sunday demanding the resignation of Saleh in Taiz, Yemen. Security forces backed by army units opened fire Sunday on protesters demanding the ousting of Yemen's longtime president, killing three, an opposition activist said. (Associated Press)

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Pakistani youths view the house (background) of former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Sunday, May 8, 2011. Bin Laden was killed by a helicopter-borne U.S. military force last Monday in the fortresslike compound. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

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In this image taken from video and released by CBS, President Barack Obama is seen during an interview with “60 Minutes” correspondent Steve Kroft at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 4, 2011. During the interview, Obama told Kroft that he decided not to release the photos taken of Osama Bin Laden after he was killed by Navy SEALS in Pakistan. (AP Photos/CBS)

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Associated Press White House National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," called the material seized from Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan “one of the great achievements in the history of intelligence.” He deflected questions about the role enhanced interrogation played in the raid.

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Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling has all but announced a 2013 gubernatorial bid, but the Republican understudy said he “won't make a final decision on that until mid-next year, I'd guess.” (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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