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President Barack Obama speaks at Parkville Middle School and Center of Technology, in Parkville, Md., Monday, Feb., 14, 2011. At right is Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference on the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. listens at left as Filipino Congressman and eight-term world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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**FILE** Veterans Kori Cioca (left), 25, of Wilmington, Ohio, and Panayiota Bertzikis, 29, of Somerville, Mass., who were assaulted and raped while serving in the U.S. Coast Guard, meet at their attorney's office in Washington on Feb. 13, 2011. They are plaintiffs among about a dozen women and at least one man, who are suing Pentagon officials, seeking change in the military's handling of rape and sexual assault cases. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, speaks at a reception in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers her speech on "Internet Rights And Wrongs: Choices & Challenges In A Networked World" Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at George Washington University in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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President Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, during the Medal of Freedom ceremony. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Obama, speaking at a news conference Tuesday, said he will push again for corporate tax increases that Congress failed to enact because "I continue to believe I'm right." (Associated Press)

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This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows Iranian protesters attending an anti-government protest as a garbage can is set on fire, in Tehran Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. (AP Photo)

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President Obama makes a statement about his budget during a press conference at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Vice Adm. Scott van Buskirk gives an interview to the AP on the bridge of the USS George Washington at the Yokosuka Naval Base south of Tokyo on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

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A South Korean television station airs a program about North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's birthday, seen on a TV screen at the North Korea exhibition hall of the unification observation post in Paju, South Korea, near the border village of Panmunjom, on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. North Koreans will celebrate their leader's 69th birthday Wednesday, one of the country's most important holidays. The screen reads "Magnificent, Birthday Party" in the Korean language. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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A demonstrator holds a pan cover with a picture of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi behind bars during a protest in Rome on Saturday, Feb.12, 2011. Protesters are demanding Berlusconi's resignation following allegations he paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl and used his office to cover it up. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

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** FILE ** Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew discusses the White House budget on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011, in Washington. (Associated Press)

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CRITICAL: Rep. Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin (left) and fellow Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, presenting the GOP's response to Mr. Obama's budget, criticized its taxing and spending levels. (Associated Press)

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Actors Gerald Butler, right, and Ralph Fiennes attend a photo-call about the movie Coriolanus at the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Fall 2011 fashion from designer Tory Burch is modeled during Fashion Week Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011 in New York.(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)

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Mourners pay their last respects during the funeral of David Kato, a Ugandan gay-rights activist, in Mukono, Uganda, last month. Activists were outraged over the death of Kato, an advocacy officer for the gay-rights group Sexual Minorities Uganda. His slaying comes after a year of stepped-up threats against gays in Uganda, where a controversial bill has proposed the death penalty for some homosexual acts. (Associated Press)

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Former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson has pleaded not guilty to a series of charges stemming from a corruption investigation. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama steps off Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington as he returns from Baltimore, Md., Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)