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House Speaker John A. Boehner (right), Ohio Republican, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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When a Republican lawmaker took issue Wednesday with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's assessment of proposed funding levels, she noted the "strong difference of opinion." (Associated Press)
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MUM: D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander spends less than 5 percent of constituent service funds on constituents. (The Washington Times)
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Col. Gadhafi greets supporters in Tripoli on Wednesday. In a speech, he lashed out against Europe and the United States for their pressure for him to relinquish power. (Associated Press)
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A Libyan rebel shoots toward a burning vehicle that once contained troops loyal to Col. Moammar Gadhafi. The gunfire was in celebration of regime opponents' control of the town of Brega, which has a key oil installation. (Associated Press)
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President Obama presents a 2010 National Medal of Arts to musician and record producer Quincy Jones on Wednesday at the White House. Twenty medals were given honoring achievement in the arts and humanities. (Associated Press)
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Both supporters and opponents of Senate Bill 5 wait in line to enter the general Senate session Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio. The Senate passed the bill that would strip public employees of collective bargaining rights. (Associated Press)
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People from the Pakistani Christian community rally to condemn the death of Shahbaz Bhatti, minister for minorities affairs, during a rally in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday. Gunmen fatally shot Mr. Bhatti, the latest attack on a high-profile Pakistani figure threatened by Islamist militants for urging reform of harsh blasphemy laws that impose the death penalty for insulting Islam. (Associated Press)
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An al-Shabab fighter poses during military exercises in Mogadishu, Somalia, in late October. Somalia has been mired in civil war since 1991, and there is no end in sight, as foreigners provide Somali Islamists with cash and skills to wage their insurgency. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (center) is welcomed on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, March 2, 2011, by Sen. Barbara Boxer (left) and Sen. Richard G. Lugar (right) as she arrives to testify on America's foreign policy priorities before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Sen. Bob Corker walks behind Mrs. Clinton. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi addresses supporters and journalists in capital Tripoli on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Libyan state television via APTN)
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Shahbaz Bhatti, then head of the All Pakistan Minorities Alliance, displays a threatening letter which a Christian resident of Charsadda town received, during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, on May 16, 2007. Mr. Bhatti, now a federal government minister, was shot and killed by gunmen on Wednesday March 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)
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Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, sees the effort to bring Shariah law into U.S. government as unconstitutional. (American Islamic Forum for Democracy)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, speaks to reporters after a Democratic policy luncheon on Tuesday in Washington. The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on a two-week continuing resolution passed Tuesday by the House. (Associated Press)
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Corey A. Stewart (with sons Lucas and Isaac), chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, hasn't decided whether he will run for the U.S. Senate in 2012. He was elected to a four-year term as chairman in 2007 and is seeking re-election this year. (The Washington Times)
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Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican, said Tuesday that a Pew Hispanic Center report showed more than 7 million people are working in the country illegally and noted that the unemployment rates in minority communities are well above the national average. (Associated Press)
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Laborers offload bags of coconut powder in January at Hamriyeh port in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The goods were scheduled to be loaded onto a container ship for export to Iran. (Associated Press)
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Indian workers attempt to get on a ship leaving for Alexandria, Egypt, from the eastern city of Benghazi, Libya, on Tuesday. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the flow of refugees into Egypt and Tunisia is putting "tremendous burdens" on the two countries. (Associated Press)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, talks to the media Tuesday on Capitol Hill after a Republican policy luncheon as Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican, looks on at left. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2010 file photo, Democratic Rep. Rush Holt answers a question during a debate with Republican challenger Scott Sipprelle in Trenton, N.J. Holt, a plasma physicist-turned-politician, topped the IBM supercomputer 'Watson' in a round of Jeopardy! in Washington, on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. Holt was a five-time Jeopardy! winner. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
