Politics

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Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Pa., speaks during a news conference on the House vote to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/)

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Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Pa., speaks during a news conference on the House vote to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/)

Protesters throw Molotov cocktails in Athens on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010, as hundreds of demonstrators clashed with riot police across the center city, smashing cars and sending Christmas shoppers fleeing during a massive labor protest against the crisis-hit government's austerity measures. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (right) greets Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari (center) before a meeting of the U.N. Security Council at the world body's headquarters in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. At left is Hamid al-Bayati, Iraq's U.N. ambassador. (AP Photo)

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President Obama walks out the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010, and across Pennsylvania Ave., to the Blair House, for a scheduled working meeting with business leaders. (AP Photo)

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President Obama makes a statement to reporters in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010, before meeting with CEOs of some of the nation's leading companies. (AP Photo)

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In this Jan 7, 2008, photo, Kenyan politician William Ruto, during a meeting in Narobi, Kenya. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has asked judges to charge six Kenyans, including the country's deputy prime minister, with crimes against humanity including murder, persecution and rape committed during post election violence in 2007-2008. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)

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LIBERALS' FOE: "I'm on dartboards all over the country," Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II says. (Associated Press)

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LIBERALS' FOE: "I'm on dartboards all over the country," Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II says. (Associated Press)

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PERSISTENT: "We're not through. Congress ends on Jan. 4," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, said he would discourage Democrats from bringing up the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty for consideration and a vote in the lame-duck session. (Associated Press)

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A supporter of Julian P. Assange demonstrates outside the courthouse in London where the WikiLeaks founder appeared for a bail hearing Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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Rahm Emanuel testifies Tuesday before the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners at a hearing challenging his residency to keep him off the February mayoral ballot. More than two dozen objectors questioned the former White House chief of staff's eligibility. (Associated Press)

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It was third time lucky for Hazleton, Pa., Mayor Lou Barletta, who waves Tuesday as he departs the Hazleton City Council chambers. Mr. Barletta, who was elected to Congress in November on his third bid for Pennsylvania's 11th Congressional District seat, resigned after 11 years as mayor. (Associated Press)

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Army Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin of Greeley, Colo., leaves a military court with his brother, Greg Lakin, during a break in his court-martial at Fort Meade, Md., on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Lakin questions whether President Obama was born in the United States. (AP Photo)