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U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, speaks at a rally by home-school backers in Des Moines, Iowa. More than 1,000 advocates were cheered on by her and two other potential GOP presidential candidates who joined their cause. (Associated Press)
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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has offered to work with Congress on a law that would let law enforcement delay constitutional Miranda warnings to terror suspects. (Associated Press)
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Mr. Somerville uses a megaphone to get just the right sound. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (left), shown with Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Tel Aviv on Thursday, said the rocket attacks against Israel were "repugnant." (Associated Press)
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D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. must appear in federal court next month for a hearing about student loans he is accused of not repaying. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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In this film publicity image released by The Weinstein Company, Colin Firth portrays King George VI in "The King's Speech." (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Laurie Sparham)
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Two MV-22 Osprey vertical-takeoff-and-lift aircraft land, one carrying U.S. Army Gen. Carter Ham, commander of the U.S. military mission in Libya, at the Sigonella air base on the Italian island of Sicily on Thursday, March 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Portuguese Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos reacts during the parliamentary debate on his minority government's latest austerity package Wednesday, March 23 2011, at the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
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Rafale jet fighters of the French navy sit on the deck of the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. The international military operation against the forces of Col. Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's leader, may last days or weeks — but not months, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Thursday. (AP Photo/French navy, Raphael Martinez)
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Syrian anti-government protesters ride their motorcycle past burning tires in the southern city of Daraa, Syria, on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Female anti-government protesters pray during a demonstration Wednesday demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. On the same day, the parliament enacted sweeping emergency laws after the embattled president asked for new powers. (Associated Press)
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Libyan protesters chant as they join a rally in support of the allied air campaigns against the troops of Col. Gadhafi in Benghazi. Pro-Gadhafi forces have used tanks, artillery and rocket launchers against unarmed civilians and a rag-tag rebel army in recent days. (Associated Press)
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Libyan rebels run to take cover as mortars from Col. Moammar Gadhafi's forces are fired on the front line near Zwitina on the outskirts of Ajdabiya in eastern Libya on Wednesday. Coalition attack planes have started to strike Col. Gadhafi's forces in and around the rebel-held towns of Ajdabiya and Misurata. (Associated Press)
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Female anti-government protestors pray during a demonstration Wednesday demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. On the same day, the parliament enacted sweeping emergency laws after the embattled president asked for new powers. (Associated Press)
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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama head toward Air Force One to depart San Salvador on Wednesday. Political observers wonder whether the president can raise $1 billion for his re-election effort. (Associated Press)
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Piers Morgan is among the headliners helping beef up CNN's image as a substantive news network not focused on political debate. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)
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Rep. Allen B. West, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington last month, has been in Congress only since January, but there already is talk of a Senate run in 2012 or possibly a spot on the presidential ticket. But first, he says, "I've got to prove myself as a capable legislator, political leader." (Associated Press)
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Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus is taking care of business, dining in good company. (Image from Republican National Committee)
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Israeli rescue workers and paramedics treat an injured man after an explosion near a bus stop in Jerusalem on Wednesday. The bomb killed one and wounded scores in what appeared to be the first militant attack in the city in nearly three years. (Associated Press)
