Politics

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Associated Press A student leader speaks from steps of the Harvard administration building at Cambridge, Mass., in April 1969, as part of a protest against the Reserve Officers Training Corps program at the university. More than 40 years later, will ROTC now be welcomed back at Harvard?

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This handout photo provided by the Loudoun County, Va., Sheriff's Office shows the booking photo of Washington Redskins defensive lineman Joe Joseph who has been arrested on charges of driving under the influence. (AP Photo/Loudoun County, Va., Sheriff's Office)

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This handout photo provided by the Loudoun County, Va., Sheriff's Office shows the booking photo of Washington Redskins defensive lineman Joe Joseph who has been arrested on charges of driving under the influence. (AP Photo/Loudoun County, Va., Sheriff's Office)

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Kevin Fagan of San Francisco talks on his phone at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. Mr. Fagan was trying to get to Berlin, Germany, when the blizzard hit and he was forced to sleep in the airport. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford talks with Associated Press reporters on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, in his office in Columbia, S.C. Mr. Sanford reflected on his time in office and spoke about his future. (AP Photo/Virginia Postic)

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People in Penn Station look at the information board for train status during a snowstorm, in New York. All trains between Boston and New York were canceled shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday. Service between New York and Washington was not affected. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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A cherry tree branch hangs over an iced-over Tidal Basin as the Washington Monument stands in the background in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Canceled flights are displayed on a monitor at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., as a winter storm heads up the East coast on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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A line forms at the Delta counter at Reagan National Airport as a winter storm heads up the east coast. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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** FILE ** Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010, became the city's longest-serving chief executive as he surpassed his legendary father's tenure. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

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"Why are we doing two years?" said Rep. Mike Pence, Indiana Republican. "Well, there is an election in two years. I get that. There are people [who] for whatever reasons want to re-debate this in two years. I get that. I just don't get how it actually gets people back to work." (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS "A lot of Americans don't make so much money that they itemize their tax returns. But those same Americans own property," said Sen. Max Baucus. "It seems to me that they, too, should have the ability to deduct it."

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Communist New People's Army militants march in unison past local residents and supporters during the celebration of the 42nd anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010, on Mount Diwata in the southern Philippines. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)

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A member of the Seehunde Berlin, or Berlin Seals, swimming club takes a dip in the frozen Orankesee lake in Berlin on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. Every Christmas, the club arranges a holiday swimming session in the lake. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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** FILE ** In this Nov. 19, 2010, file photo, Vice President Joe Biden gestures while speaking at the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. Biden said on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010, that the country is evolving on the issue of gay marriage and he thinks it's inevitable there will be national consensus. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Russian lawmaker and Communist leader Gennady Zyugavov, left, sits during a parliament session in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. Russia's lower house of parliament will not be able to give its full approval to a U.S.-Russian nuclear arms treaty until at least next month, a senior lawmaker said Friday. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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** FILE ** A man pays homage in front of portraits of police officers killed in the Mumbai terror attack outside the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, one of the sites of the attack, on the second anniversary of the attack in Mumbai, India, on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)