Politics

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A rusted car sits on blocks in run-down surroundings in Juba. Decades of war have kept southern Sudan poor and decrepit. (Associated Press)

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An anti-government protester gestures outside the Egyptian parliament in Cairo on Wednesday. About 2,000 protesters waved huge flags outside the parliament. They chanted slogans demanding the dissolving of the legislature, where almost all the seats are held by President Hosni Mubarak's ruling party. (Associated Press)

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In this image provided by the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Christopher Lee, R-N.Y., is seen in Washington. Lee is abruptly resigning his seat, saying he regrets actions that have hurt his family and others after a gossip web site reported Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, that Lee, a married two-term Republican lawmaker, had sent a shirtless photo of himself to a woman he met on Craigslist. (AP Photo/House of Representatives)

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Gabe Zimmerman's fiancee, Kelly O'Brien, left, Ross Zimmerman, middle, Gabe's father, and Emily Nottingham, Gabe's mother, listen to state Rep. Steve Farley, D-Tucson, as they attend a news conference to announce their support for a Democrat-sponsored bill that would ban the sale of extended clips like the one used in the Tucson rampage that killed Gabe Zimmerman, and five others, and injured 13 others including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Tucson, at the Arizona Capitol Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011, in Phoenix. State Rep. Farley, the chief sponsor of the gun-magazine bill, said he thinks that the shooting is now fading for many lawmakers, particularly those from other parts of the state. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Alberto Cardenas won election Wednesday without opposition as the chairman of the American Conservative Union.

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House Speaker John A. Boehner (center), accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (right) and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, leave the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, following a luncheon with President Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Protesters carry a giant Egyptian flag in front of the country's parliament in Cairo on Wednesday in the anti-Mubarak movement's first expansion outside Tahrir Square. The demonstrators chanted slogans demanding the dissolution of the legislative body, which is controlled almost entirely by the ruling party. (Associated Press)

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Protesters carry a giant Egyptian flag in front of the country's parliament in Cairo on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. About 2,000 demonstrators chanted slogans demanding the dissolution of the legislative body, almost all the seats of which are held by the ruling party. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abou Zaid)

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Security forces, emergency responders and civilians stand near a destroyed building after a car-bomb attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, 180 miles north of Baghdad, on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)

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American Conservative Union Chairman David Keene says CPAC is the place to meet new conservative people and parse out the politics. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming Republican voted against the budget blueprint and pushed for further cuts in spending. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Jeff Flake, Arizona Republican, voted against the budget blueprint and pushed for further cuts in spending. (Associated Press)

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Egyptian Wael Ghonim (center), a Google Inc. marketing manager who was a key organizer of the online campaign that sparked the first protest on Jan. 25, talks to the crowd at Tahrir Square in Cairo on Tuesday. Another young protester drew applause when he declared: "We will not abandon our demand and that is the departure of the regime." (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Singer Barbra Streisand arrives at the White House for a state dinner in honor of Chinese President Hu Jintao on Jan. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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At the state Capitol on Tuesday in Phoenix, Arizona state Rep. Steve Farley discusses legislation that would ban the sale of extended-clip gun magazines. Looking on were the former fiancee and parents of one of the Tucson, Ariz., shooting fatalities. (Associated Press)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (right) walks with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (left) to a train at Union Station in Washington on Tuesday. They traveled to Philadelphia to tout plans for the nation's infrastructure. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown wants a pro-bono adviser to help the council with upcoming budget challenges. (Rod Lamkey Jr./Special to The Washington Times)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney benefits from name recognition and remnants of his 2008 campaign in New Hampshire, which traditionally holds the first-in-the-nation presidential primary. (Associated Press)

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