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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama depart after joining government employees on the South Lawn of the White House to observe a moment of silence for victims of shooting rampage in Arizona. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton leaves Zabeel Palace after her meeting with United Arab Emirates Prime Minister Sheik Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum in Dubai on Monday. (Associated Press)
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A Southern Sudanese woman casts her vote at a polling center in Juba, Sudan, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. Thousands of people began casting ballots Sunday during a weeklong vote to choose the destiny of this war-ravaged and desperately poor but oil-rich region. (AP Photo)
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John Fawcett, a neighbor, looks at a charred garage Monday in Southeast Washington where Ashley Turton, the wife of a White House adviser Dan Turton, was found dead inside a burning car. (Associated Press)
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President Obama confers Monday with visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy. "There's still too many imbalances in the world economy that are inhibiting the prospects of growth," Mr. Sarkozy said. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio Democrat, has contacted supporters about helping him influence state lawmakers who are redrawing the political map of his state. (Associated Press)
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This undated photo released by the Pima County Sheriff's Office shows shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner. (Associated Press/Pima County Sheriff's Department via the Arizona Republic)
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A flag stands at half-staff as security officials stand at the entrance to the the Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse in Phoenix, Ariz., Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, where 22-year-old Jared Loughner is scheduled to appear in federal court on charges he tried to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a shooting rampage that left six people dead. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (right) speaks with Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, during a press event in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. Mr. Biden is in Afghanistan on a surprise visit to assess progress in handing over security from foreign to Afghan forces. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Helmand's Gov. Gulab Mangal, left, shakes hand with U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, NATO's top commander in Afghanistan, in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Heidi Vogt)
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** FILE ** California Gov. Jerry Brown talks to reporters on Jan. 4, his first full day in office, after meeting with members of the California State Association of Counties in Sacramento, Calif. (Associated Press)
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In this photo taken Dec. 3, 2010, Jude Celestin, one of Haiti's 19 presidential candidates, waits for the start of the Provisional Electoral Council meeting in capital Port-au-Prince. An Organization of American States international monitoring team will recommend on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, to President Rene Preval that Mr. Celestin, a government-backed candidate, be eliminated from a presidential runoff election in favor of Michel Martelly, a popular musician who finished a close third in the contested official results. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)
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President Obama meets with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. As France assumes the presidency of the G-8 and the G-20 for 2011, Mr. Obama and Mr. Sarkozy will discuss a broad range of current financial, foreign policy and security issues. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, before the Senate Budget Committee. The Fed paid a record $78.4 billion in earnings to the U.S. government in 2009, reflecting gains from the central bank's unconventional efforts to lift the economy, it was revealed Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Debris fills a garage in Southeast Washington where lobbyist Ashley Turton, the wife of White House adviser Dan Turton, was found dead inside a burning car on Monday, Jan. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2nd right, poses for the camera after a live show called "Sweet Talks", with unidentified Middle East women at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday Jan.10, 2011. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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** FILE ** South Sudanese men wait to casts their vote at a polling station in Juba, Southern Sudan, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. Thousands of people began casting ballots day before during a weeklong vote to choose the destiny of this war-ravaged and desperately poor but oil-rich region. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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A Southern Sudanese woman reads a newspaper at a polling center during the second day of the independence referendum in the city of Um Durman, Sudan, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. Southern Sudan's military spokesman says 20 policemen in the disputed north-south region of Abyei have been killed and 30 more wounded in two attacks by Arab tribesmen and militia. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)
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A Southern Sudanese woman sits by her belongings at a bus station on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, as she waits for transportation back home. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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Unidentified observers of the European Union Election Observation Mission for the Southern Sudan referendum arrive at a polling center in the city of Um Durman, Sudan, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. Southern Sudan's military spokesman says 20 policemen in the disputed north-south region of Abyei have been killed and 30 more wounded in two attacks by Arab tribesmen and militia. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)
