Politics

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Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, a perennial favorite at CPAC, addresses the gathering in Washington on Friday. (AP Photo)

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Associated Press Egyptian army officers walk among cars and protesters Sunday in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Egypt's military is taking down the makeshift tents of protesters in an effort to allow traffic flow to return to normal for the first time in weeks.

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German director Wim Wenders attends a photo-call about the movie Pina at the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, warns that when "you try to make cuts this deep to a slice of the budget this narrow, it is almost impossible to do responsibly."

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Iranian actress Leila Hatami, Director Asghar Farhadi, actresses Sarina Farhadi and Sareh Bayat , from left, attend a photocall about the movie 'Nader and Simin , A Seperation' at the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. The Iranian director is competing at the Berlin film festival with a portrayal of a disintegrating marriage that highlights a clash between traditional and modern ways of thinking. Asghar Farhadi's "Nader and Simin, A Separation" screened on Tuesday. Farhadi was honored as best director in Berlin two years ago for his previous movie, "About Elly." (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Iranian actress Leila Hatami attends a photocall about the movie 'Nader and Simin, A Seperation' at the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. Iranian director Asghar Farhadi is competing at the Berlin film festival with a portrayal of a disintegrating marriage that highlights a clash between traditional and modern ways of thinking. Farhadi was honored as best director in Berlin two years ago for his previous movie, "About Elly." (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Actress Diane Kruger arrives for the award ceremony at the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011.( AP Photo/Kai-Uwe Knoth)

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President Barack Obama's image is seen broadcast inside the White House Briefing Room in Washington, Friday, Feb., 11, 2011. Obama was making a statement on the resignation of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Yemeni protesters scuffle with government supporters during a rally demanding political reform and the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo)

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DON'T USE THIS CAPTION 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line. FILE - In this May 13, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama, not shown, introduces Rep. Chris Lee, R-N.Y., at Industrial Support Inc., in Buffalo, N.Y. Lee abruptly resigned his seat on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, after a gossip web site reported that Lee, a married two-term Republican lawmaker, had sent a shirtless photo of himself to a woman he met on Craigslist. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Karen Machovoe, of Lancaster, N.Y., enters a dry cleaners, where a sign pokes fun at the bare-chested-photo scandal of local Republican Rep. Christopher Lee that prompted his quick resignation.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. John Ensign attempts to mend fences with the voters of Nevada after a scandal involving "the wife of his best friend."

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A campaign poster for the National Democratic Party stands in Jamel, Germany, where more than half of the residents of the 10-house village are connected to the far-right party.

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Associated Press photographs The national flag of the German Reich from 1871 to 1918 waves in the wind behind barbed wire securing the office of the far-right National Democratic Party in the state Mecklenburg-Western Pomeraniaon, Germany.

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The 2012 federal budget is on display at the U.S. Government Printing Office at Washington on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Yemeni anti-government protestors (right) scuffle with government supporters during a rally demanding political reform and the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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Egyptian soldiers surround the remaining protesters on Tahrir Square in Cairo on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, as the military tries to help people return to normal life. Protesters were debating whether to close down their 24-hour-a-day demonstration camp in their square. (AP Photo/Manoocher Deghati)

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Algerian protesters chant slogans during a demonstration in Algiers, Algeria, on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011. Thousands of people defied a government ban on demonstrations and poured into the Algerian capital for a pro-democracy rally Saturday, a day after weeks of mass protests toppled Egypt's authoritarian leader. (AP Photo/Sidali Djarboub)

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Rep. Robert E. Andrews, New Jersey Democrat, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill about rejecting spending cuts in education on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011, in Washington. He is joined at right by Rep. Timothy H. Bishop, New York Democrat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)