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President Barack Obama and China's President Hu Jintao, both standing, and first lady Michelle Obama toast during a State Dinner, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Musician Herbie Hancock arrives in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, to perform for President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, China's President Hu Jintao, and guests during a State Visit. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Musician Herbie Hancock performs at the piano at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, for President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, China's President Hu Jintao, and guests, during a State Visit. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Lebanese police officers place cement blocks around government house, background, in Beirut Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. Lebanese troops tightened security around the prime minister's office and other government buildings Thursday as a political crisis deepened over a U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of a former prime minister. (AP photo/Assaad Ahmad)
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Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen waves to photographers after winning a crucial vote of confidence by his party at Government Buildings, in Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011. (AP Photo / Peter Morrison)
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In this photo released by the South Korean Army via Yonhap, South Korean Army soldiers run out from a Black Hawk helicopter during an exercise to prepare for possible aggression by North Korea in Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. South Korea has welcomed an agreement between leaders of the United States and China on the need to maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and achieve its denuclearization. (AP Photo/South Korean Army via Yonhap)
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President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao toast during a state dinner Wednesday night at the White House. The Chinese leader will travel later this week to Mr. Obama's hometown of Chicago. (Associated Press)
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Chinese President Hu Jintao shares a toast with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during a luncheon in Mr. Hu's honor at the State Department on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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House Speaker John A. Boehner arrives for a news conference before Wednesday's House passage of a bill to repeal the health care law. With him (from left) are Reps. Nan Hayworth and Cathy McMorris Rodgers and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. (Associated Press)
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An election official in Juba, southern Sudan, holds up a pro-independence ballot as votes are counted at a polling station in the southern capital, Juba. Weeklong balloting ended Saturday; most observers expect the south to secede from the north. (Associated Press)
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An Iraqi soldier and a U.S. Army soldier (foreground) stand guard during a patrol in Mosul, northwest of Baghdad, in 2009. Two U.S. soldiers were killed Saturday by an Iraqi soldier during a training exercise, raising fresh concerns about Iraq's security forces. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama listens to China's President Hu Jintao during their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier talks by phone on the balcony of his hotel room in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday Jan. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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President Obama makes opening remarks during joint press conference with China's President Hu Jintao, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Obama looks on as Chinese President Hu Jintao speaks during their joint news conference on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama makes opening remarks during joint news conference with China's President Hu Jintao, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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**FILE** President Obama looks on as Chinese President Hu Jintao speaks during a Jan. 19 news conference in the East Room of the White House. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama and China's President Hu Jintao take part in a joint news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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**FILE** President Obama gestures toward Chinese President Hu Jintao during a Jan. 19 news conference in the East Room of the White House. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama, accompanied by China's President Hu Jintao, gestures during their meeting with business leaders, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
