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Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, talks with Vice Adm. Mark Fox, commander of U.S. naval forces Central Command, following a press conference at the U.S. military base in Manama, Bahrain, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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** FILE ** President Obama (left) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START nuclear pact at the Prague Castle in Prague on April 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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A gay rights supporter watches a press conference on the House vote to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Congress is one step away from ending the ban on gays serving openly in the military, with the Senate ready for a landmark vote that could deliver a major victory to the homosexual community, liberals and President Obama. (AP Photo/File)
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Protesters hold signs at a rally against U.S. drone attacks on Pakistani tribal areas in Islamabad, Pakistan on Dec. 10, 2010. Three American missile attacks killed 54 suspected militants Friday Dec. 17, 2010 close to the Afghan border, an unusually high number of victims that included commanders of a Taliban-allied group that were holding a meeting, Pakistani officials said. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2008, file photo, the only surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Ajmal Kasab, walks at the Chatrapathi Sivaji Terminal railway station in Mumbai, India. Pakistani officials are "hypnotically obsessed" with India's military, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao told U.S. officials in comments made public in a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable released Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. India accuses Pakistan's intelligence agencies of supporting militants who carry out attacks in India, including the Mumbai attacks. (AP Photo/Mumbai Mirror, Sebastian D'souza, File) INDIA OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
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In this Saturday, May 23, 2009 photo, Carine Roitfeld arrives for the Dolce & Gabbana party, during the 62nd International film festival in Cannes, southern France. Paris Vogue says its editor-in-chief, Carine Roitfeld, has decided to leave after a 10-year tenure in which the French fashion monthly became "a worldwide reference and indispensable magazine." (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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FILE - In this April 19, 2007 file photo supplied by CNN, Larry King interviews former President Bill Clinton, right, on CNN's "Larry King Live," in New York. After 25 years of "Larry King Live," Larry King will hang up his suspenders with his last broadcast on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/CNN, Jake A.Herrle)
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President Obama, left, shakes hands with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, right, after signing the $858 billion tax deal into law in a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Unemployed workers fill out online resumes at the Maricopa County Workforce Connections job fair on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, right, with U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry during a press conference, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, looks over papers with French President Nicolas Sarkozy during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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In this Oct. 28, 2007, file photo, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force tanks rumble during a military parade, marking the 57th anniversary of the founding of the Japan Self-Defense Forces at Asaka Base, north of Tokyo. Japan should refocus its defense strategy on the rise of China and not on the Cold War threat of Russia, according to new guidelines announced Friday Dec. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)
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Lawmakers of the pro-presidential party in Ukraine fight with colleagues from the bloc of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko in parliament rostrum in Kiev late Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. Several of Ms. Tymoshenko's lawmakers were hospitalized wit injures. (AP Photo/str)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, file photo, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, left, shakes hand with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir before the start of a delegation level meeting, in New Delhi. Pakistani officials are "hypnotically obsessed" with India's military, Ms. Rao told U.S. officials in comments made public in a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable released Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
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President Barack Obama updates the status of the tax-cut deal struck with congressional Republicans, at the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. The legislation would avert a Jan. 1 increase in income taxes for nearly all Americans, including middle and high earners. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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D.C. Mayor-elect Vincent C. Gray introduces his public-safety team, flanked by Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier, whom he renamed, and Paul A. Quander Jr., his pick as deputy mayor for public safety. (Associated Press)
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APPOINTMENTS: Kenneth B. Ellerbe, Mayor-elect Vincent C. Gray's choice as the District's next fire chief, answers questions Thursday as Mr. Gray and Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier listen. Chief Lanier was reappointed to her post. (Associated Press)
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Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nev., holds a copy of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Associated Press President Obama discusses the Afghanistan-Pakistan annual review Thursday as (from left) Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Marine Gen. James Cartwright look on.
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D.C. Mayor-elect Vincent C. Gray introduces his public-safety team, flanked by Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier, whom he renamed, and Paul. A. Quander Jr., his pick as deputy mayor for public safety. (Associated Press)
