Politics

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FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2010 file photo, Joel McHale attends the New York Comedy Festival's Stand Up For Heroes concert in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)

FILE - In a Sept. 20, 2010 file photo, Barbara Walters attends the premiere of 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps' at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. ABC's Barbara Walters will interview President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the White House for a network special to air the day after Thanksgiving. ABC said Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 that the interview will be conducted at the White House on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and air Friday at 10 p.m. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

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President Barack Obama stands with Marye Anne Fox, a renowned organic chemist and chancellor at the University of California, San Diego, at a ceremony for recipients of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honors bestowed by the United States government on scientists, engineers, and inventors, at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2010 file photo, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele speaks in Washington.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, apologized to his colleagues for the two-year ethics investigation ordeal.

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The United States Embassy, left, is pictured with blasted ruins next to it in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Aug. 8, 1998 the day after terrorist bombs in Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania exploded killing at least 130 and injuring at least 2,200. Officials in the United States, Kenya and Tanzania refused to speculate on who was responsible. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., center, listens to comments by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, to push for the repeal of the military Don't Ask Don't Tell rule. Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Del. is at right.

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** FILE ** Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives for the opening plenary session of the G-20 summit at in Seoul on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. (AP Photo)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi pauses during an interview Thursday. A portrait of her father, independence hero Gen. Aung San, hangs on the wall at a democracy league office in Rangoon.

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FILE - Florida senate candidate Gov. Charlie Crist participates in a gubernatorial debate at the University of South Florida, in Tampa, Fla.,in this Oct. 24, 2010 file photo. The outgoing Florida Gov. Charlie Crist Crist told the St. Petersburg Times Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010 he is looking to pardoning the long-dead rocker Jim Morrison who was convicted of exposing himself at a raucous 1969 concert in Miami. (AP Photo/Joseph Garnett, Jr., File)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Afghan President Hamid Karzai leads the way out of an auditorium after delivering a speech Nov. 6. His recent public remarks are puzzling his nation's allies.

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We have different perspectives - that's natural. It is much better if we work those different perspectives out in private. - Mark Sedwill, NATO's senior civilian representative in Afghanistan

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Rep. Charles Rangel, New York Democrat, speaks before the House Ethics Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. appears before the House Ethics Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. is at left. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. arrives to appear before the House Ethics Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., arrives to appear before the House Ethics Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., right, talks with his Chief of Staff George Henry, as Rangel appeared before the House Ethics Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., listens as left, as Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., right, speaks on behalf of Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., center, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the House Ethics Committee hearing. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. goes over his notes while appearing before the House Ethics Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)