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PRAYERS: Members of the hard-line group Islam Defenders Front gather by portraits of Osama bin Laden and President Obama in Jakarta, Indonesia, during prayers Wednesday for the al Qaeda leader killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan. Mr. Obama is scheduled to meet Thursday with Sept. 11 families in New York. (Associated Press)
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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini (right) welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome during the second meeting of the Contact Group on Libya on Thursday, May 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
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Syrian men carry bread loaves during a protest against President Bashar Assad's regime in the coastal town of Banias, Syria, on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, in this image taken by a citizen journalist with a cellphone camera. (AP Photo)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Pakistani security officials leave after the examining the house where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was caught and killed by U.S. forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Residents of the city were still confused and suspicious Wednesday about the killing, which took place in their midst before dawn Monday.
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Associated Press Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida Democrat, acknowledges the crowd at a meeting of the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday in Washington, at which she was elected DNC chairwoman. Mrs. Wasserman Schultz was handpicked by President Obama.
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Associated Press Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida Democrat, acknowledges the crowd at a meeting of the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday in Washington, at which she was elected DNC chairwoman. Mrs. Wasserman Schultz was handpicked by President Obama.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano tells a Senate hearing on Southwest border security progress that she has asked U.S. Customs and Border Protection to come up with another way to measure the true state of security along the border.
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COURTESY OF JAMES C. ROSAPEPE "Deregulation has failed. We're not going to give up on re-regulation until it is done," says State Sen. James C. Rosapepe, Prince George's Democrat.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS/HAMAS MEDIA OFFICE Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (center left) shakes hands with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Cairo on Wednesday after agreement on a reconcilation pact. Left unresolved was who will lead the government to be formed. There was also no mention of relations with Israel.
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**FILE** Rep. Mike Pence, Indiana Republican, meets Jan. 28 with constituents in Pendleton, Ind. Pence is planning a private conference call with supporters this week, fueling speculation that he will make an announcement soon on whether he'll run for Indiana governor in 2012. (Associated Press)
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In this image released by the White House, President Obama listens during one in a series of meetings discussing the mission against Osama bin Laden, in the Situation Room of the White House on Sunday. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (center), Vermont Democrat, and Sen. Charles E. Grassley (left), Iowa Republican, welcome Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, before Mr. Holder testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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CIA Director Leon E. Panetta (right) leaves Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, after briefing members of Congress on the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, who is chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, heads to a closed briefing by CIA Director Leon E. Panetta at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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CIA Director Leon E. Panetta (right) leaves the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, after briefing members of Congress on the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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In this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama edits his speech in the Oval Office prior to making a televised statement detailing the mission against Osama bin Laden, Sunday, May 1, 2011, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY BRYAN MITCHELL/SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES "Everybody's happy" Osama bin Laden is dead, says Ilham Hussein, working at the Mekkah Islamic Superstore in Dearborn, Mich. "He's given the Muslim people a bad name." The sentiment is common in Dearborn, with the highest concentration of Arabs in North America.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama met with Cabinet members including Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates. The administration will release a photo of the body of Osama bin Laden, CIA Director Leon E. Panetta indicated.
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SCAVENGERS: Pakistani youngsters collect pieces thought to be from a U.S. helicopter in a wheat field outside Osama bin Laden's hide-out in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday. The U.S. said the strike team disabled the helicopter after the raid. (Associated Press)
