Politics

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Publisher Steve Forbes speaks to an audience in the Air Force One Pavilion at the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif., Friday. He likened the current economic situation to the one that President Reagan inherited in 1981. (Garrett Cheen/Special to The Washington Times)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, said Sunday he fears Senate Democrats won't acknowledge "real problems" with entitlements, such as Medicare and Social Security. (Associated Press)

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On NBC's "Meet the Press," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, on Sunday said, "I think the president needs to be more bold" in addressing the massive federal deficit, including entitlements, in a collaborative effort. (NBC via Associated Press)

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DEFIANT: Protesters march past an Egyptian soldier Sunday in Cairo as they move toward Tahrir Square during a sixth day of demonstrations against the government. (Associated Press)

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Egyptian Nobel Peace Prize winner and democracy advocate Mohamed ElBaradei prepares to address protesters Sunday in Cairo's Tahrir Square. Mr. ElBaradei, under house arrest since his return to Egypt last week, joined thousands defying a curfew. (Associated Press)

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A Romanian Roma woman holds her baby after she and more than 200 others arrived in Bucharest on two special flights from France in September. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (Associated Press)

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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (center) examines the new Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety in Waltham, Mass., on Friday. One of the prototype components is a small black box attached to wires (far right). Shane Karr (right), vice president for Federal Government Affairs at the Alliance of Automotive Manufacturers, looks on. Laura Dean Mooney (left), national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, watches. (Associated Press)

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Lakeesha Paylor, who worked with Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker to dig cars out from under the snow, gets a hug from the mayor after he helped her unearth her own car Thursday. (Associated Press)

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Rachid Ghanouchi (center) addresses supporters shortly after arriving in Tunis, Tunisia, on Sunday. The leader of a Tunisian Islamist party was long outlawed by authorities. (Associated Press)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes his weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. Mr. Netanyahu said his country's 30-year-old peace agreement with Egypt must be preserved, in his first public comment on the political unrest roiling Israel's neighbor and regional ally. (AP Photo/Tomer Appelbaum, Pool)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton boards a plane at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington for a trip to Haiti on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

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Women react during a demonstration in Cairo on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, as the Arab world's most populous nation appeared to be swiftly moving closer to a point at which it either dissolves into widespread chaos or the military expands its presence and control of the streets. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali)

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A Somali pirate (hooded) arrives at the southern regional headquarters of the South Korean coast guard in Busan, South Korea, on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. The coast guard says five Somali pirates captured during a raid on a hijacked South Korean cargo ship in the Arabian Sea have been brought to South Korea to stand trial. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Jo Jung-ho)