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"We are ready to roll up our sleeves and get this bill done," said Sen. John D. Rockfeller IV, West Virginia Democrat. "I am confident that we can work through all the differences between the House and Senate versions of this bill." (Associated Press)
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Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican, is chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (Associated Press)
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"Idiots like Bill O'Reilly on Fox News won't have me on their show," Jesse Ventura says. (Associated Press)
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NEXT LEADER?: Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, a son of Col. Moammar Gadhafi, has offered to lead a transitional government. (Associated Press)
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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (right) shakes hands with Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Abdel Ati al-Obeidi on Sunday. Mr. Papandreou has been consulting with other nations on diplomatic initiatives to end the war in Libya. (Associated Press)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office on April 3, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) walks with Syrian counterpart, Naji al-Otari. He has urged Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi to step down. (Associated Press)
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Pro-Islamic demonstrators in Istanbul support protesters in Egypt during a rally in February. Turkey has indicated a goal to be a power broker on the world stage with its responses to recent unrest in the Middle East. (Associated Press)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, talks about the possibility of a government shutdown over a budget impasse and U.S. military action in Libya on CBS' "Face the Nation" in Washington on Sunday, April 3, 2011. (AP Photo/CBS, Chris Usher)
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Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, speaks at the annual convention of the Iowa Federation of College Republicans on Saturday, April 2, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Des Moines Register, Christopher Gannon)
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Afghan protesters beat a burning effigy of President Obama during a demonstration in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Sunday, April 3, 2011. Protests against the burning of a Quran in Florida entered a third day with a demonstration in the major eastern Afghan city, while the Taliban called on people to rise up, blaming government forces for any violence. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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FILE- Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot environmental activists protest against Turkey's plans to build a nuclear power plant on its southern coast near a seismic fault line, during a demonstration in the divided island's capital Nicosia, in this file photo dated Saturday, March 19, 2011. Turkey is pushing ahead on building a nuclear power plant close to an earthquake-prone Ecemis Fault area on the Mediterranean coast, dismissing fears from neighboring Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou who claims that Japan's nuclear disaster is a warning of the risks to the whole region.(AP Photo/Philippos Christou)
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Libyan rebels shout slogans as they hear about air strikes at front line near Brega, Libya, Friday, April 1, 2011. Libya's rebels will agree to a cease-fire if Moammar Gadhafi pulls his military forces out of cities and allows peaceful protests against his regime, an opposition leader said Friday as rebels showed signs that their front-line organization is improving. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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U.S. soldiers stand guard in front the gate of a U.S. base after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, April 2, 2011. Three insurgents attacked a NATO base on the outskirts of Afghanistan's capital Saturday but were killed by coalition forces before they could enter the compound, NATO and Afghan police said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Illustration: Shuttered Congress
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"The Routledge Handbook of Terrorism Research" provides findings from studies on terrorism and counterterrorism.
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Idaho Republican Rep. Michael K. Simpson and other critics say the Obama administration is violating a federal law that designates Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the leading candidate for nuclear-waste disposal. (Associated Press)
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'I'M NO EXPERT': Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Thursday tells lawmakers on Capitol Hill of the $550 million price tag for the conflict in Libya. (Associated Press)
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A billboard in President Obama's hometown is intended to "encourage reflection on the disproportionate number of abortions among African Americans."
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Mary Fuhrman, with the League of Women Voters of North Orange County, Calif., listens Thursday at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, Calif., to a presentation on "The Gap," the infamous 181¿2-minute gap in a White House tape recording, as part of the Watergate Gallery exhibit on the history of the 1970s scandal. (Associated Press)
