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An overflow crowd in Arizona Stadium reacts to news that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Democrat, had opened her eyes after a hospital visit by the president, during a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's shooting on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, on the University of Arizona campus, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (left) meets with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. Mr. Biden arrived in Iraq earlier in the day for talks with the new government's leaders about the future of American troops in the country as they prepare to leave at year's end. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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HONORED: President Obama joins the audience Wednesday during a memorial service in Tucson, Ariz., in applauding Daniel Hernandez, an intern for Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords who helped her immediately after she was wounded Saturday during the shopping center shooting spree. (Associated Press)
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A covered statue of slain Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri stands in Beirut. Eleven of 30 Lebanese Cabinet members, all supporters of Hezbollah, resigned Wednesday, sinking the coalition government after months of disagreement over how to respond to a U.N. probe into the assassination. (Associated Press)
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., holds a copy of a proposal to repeal the Health Care Bill, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, during news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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President Obama hugs Daniel Hernandez, an intern for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, at a memorial service Wednesday for the victims of Saturday's shootings at McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson, Ariz. (Associated Press)
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ALARMED: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates says North Korea's nuclear arms are "becoming a direct threat." (Associated Press)
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Anthony Miller, chairman of a Republican group in Tempe, Ariz., has resigned the post in the wake of the Saturday shootings in the state. (Arizona Republican Party)
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, defended a large increase in state income taxes passed by lawmakers Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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Cuban-Americans rally Monday in support of Luis Posada Carriles at the federal courthouse in El Paso, Texas. Mr. Posada is on trial for perjury, obstruction and naturalization fraud for allegedly lying about his role in a string of 1997 bombings in Havana. (Associated Press)
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The American flag flies at half-mast on the U.S. Capitol in Washington Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, to honor the slain aide, Gabe Zimmerman, of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Thirty-year-old Zimmerman was among six killed Saturday in a Tucson, Ariz., shooting rampage that left the Democratic congresswoman among 13 wounded. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Jean Snidow of Hardy, Va., congratulates Republican Bill Stanley as he arrives at the Cancun Mexican Restaurant & Grill in Hardy, Va., to celebrate with his constituents on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. Stanley defeated Democrat Hank Davis on Tuesday night and will represent the 19th District in the Virginia Senate. (AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Stephanie Klein-Davis)
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President Obama meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Downtown Atlanta stands covered in snow and ice Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. A winter storm left many parts of Georgia crippled for a second day Tuesday, stranding Greyhound bus passengers in Atlanta without food and closing down government offices and school districts as roads remained coated in snow and ice. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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A wrapped statue of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri stands in a small garden in front of the Government House in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. The Islamic militant group Hezbollah and its allies plan to resign from the Lebanese Cabinet and topple the government on Wednesday over tensions stemming from the international investigation of the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, officials said. (AP Photo/Grace Kassab)
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., left, at a joint press conference with Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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This graphic from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's "Take Back the 20" Facebook page shows a U.S. map with the cross hairs of a gun scope imposed over the districts of 20 Democrats. (AP Photo)
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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh greets Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as she arrives at the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, on Tuesday. Mrs. Clinton's unannounced visit aimed to shore up ties with a fragile and problematic ally. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** People surround a Chinese military J-20 stealth jet Jan. 5, 2011, before it undergoes a runway taxi test in Chengdu, China. (Associated Press)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (left front) listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao during a meeting Tuesday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Mr. Hu visits the U.S. later this month. (Associated Press)
