Politics

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ENOUGH: Tens of thousands of demonstrators in Sanaa, Yemen, rally Thursday for an end to the 32-year rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh after efforts to amend the constitution to extend his term. The recent uprising in Tunisia inspired protests in Yemen and Egypt. (Associated Press)

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Former President George W. Bush, center, and his wife Laura Bush stand with John Madden, left, during the national anthem before the NFL Super Bowl XLV football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator (NASA) Charles Bolden lays a wreath at a Challenger memorial, at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, in commemoration of NASA's National Day of Remembrance. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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British Ambassador Peter Cater looks at a bronze bust of Oscar-winning actor Sean Connery, a prominent Scottish nationalist, after unveiling it at the Scottish Club in Tallin, Estonia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. The bust was created by Estonia's most famous sculptor Tiiu Kirsipuu, and is intended to mark the year Sir Sean turned 80. The club itself was first founded in 1993 as a whisky society, but became associated with prominent politicians and top business figures. Based in the heart of Tallinn's Unesco heritage site, its staff serve guests dressed in kilts, while the carpet is tartan(AP Photo/Timur Nisametdinov, NIPA)

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British Ambassador Peter Cater unveils a bronze bust of Oscar-winning actor Sean Connery, a prominent Scottish nationalist, at the Scottish Club in Tallin, Estonia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. The bust was created by Estonia's most famous sculptor Tiiu Kirsipuu, and is intended to mark the year Sir Sean turned 80. The club itself was first founded in 1993 as a whisky society, but became associated with prominent politicians and top business figures. Based in the heart of Tallinn's Unesco heritage site, its staff serve guests dressed in kilts, while the carpet is tartan(AP Photo/Timur Nisametdinov, NIPA)

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Fragments and a partial reconstructed sculpture are on display at the exhibition 'The Tell Halaf Adventure' at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. The exhibition shows roughly 3,000-year old statues that have been pieced together over the past decade from fragments left behind when Berlin's Tell Halaf Museum was bombed in 1943. After the wartime bombing, the rubble was salvaged and stored for decades in the Pergamon Museum's cellars. Restorers sifted through some 27,000 fragments to restore the sculptures. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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FILE - In a Oct. 30, 2010 file photo, comedian Jon Stewart shouts to the crowd during the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the National Mall in Washington. Stewart is to be appointed to the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum board at a meeting Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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FILE - In this June 11, 2010 file photo, Tori Amos performs during the Bonnaroo music festival in Manchester, Tenn. Amos has written music and lyrics for a play based on "The Light Princess," a 19th-century fairy tale by Scottish writer George MacDonald. The theater announced Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, that it will be staged at the London venue early in 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, file)

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**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (left), Nevada Democrat, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

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TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: JoAnn Abbott, co-organizer for the Washington D.C. Tea Party, discusses goals at the Senate Tea Party Caucus on Capitol Hill on Thursday. (Associated Press)

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Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel smiles Thursday at Wishbone Restaurant in Chicago after being endorsed by Rep. Mike Quigley. (Associated Press)

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In this Feb. 25, 2010, file photo Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, left, walks past Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, during a meeting at the Blair House in Washington. In a rare moment of agreement at the January 2011 start of the 112th Congress Mr. McConnell and Mr. Reid opened by endorsing a bipartisan effort to find ways to improve an unwieldy, unproductive process for naming and confirming the nation's top officials. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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David Kato, an advocacy officer for the gay rights group Sexual Minorities Uganda, was found with serious wounds to his head at his home in Uganda's capital Kampala, late Wednesday Jan 26, 2011, and later died of his injuries. A Ugandan tabloid newspaper called Rolling Stone listed a number of men they said were homosexuals last year, including Kato. Kato's picture was published on the front page, along with his name and a headline that said "Hang Them." (AP Photo)

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** FILE ** Iraqis gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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Yemeni demonstrators hold their national flags during a rally calling for an end to the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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Sen. Kent Conrad, North Dakota Democrat and Senate Budget Committee chairman, speaks about the Congressional Budget Office's economic outlook Wednesday during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

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Vehicles clog the downtown streets of the District of Columbia on Wednesday. Icy roads created hazardous travel conditions for President Obama as he returned to the White House after a trip to Wisconsin. His driver spent an hour weaving through rush-hour traffic. (Associated Press)

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Bill Newell, special agent in charge of the ATF Phoenix, speaks Tuesday behind a cache of seized weapons in Phoenix. A grand jury indicted more than 30 persons on firearms charges for participating in a ring that bought hundreds of guns that were to be smuggled into Mexico for use by a drug cartel. (Associated Press)

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"Put simply, our fiscal problem is a health care problem," says House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican. (Associated Press)