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"The Vietnamese and the Republicans are, with an intensity, [trying] to take this seat, this seat [from which] we have done so much for our community," Rep. Loretta Sanchez said. The Vietnamese community didn't take offense. (AP Photo)

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IMAGE PROVIDED BY TEA PARTY PATRIOTS Tea Party Patriots plan to plant yellow Gadsden flags, signed by tea-party members at rallies across the country, along with the Stars and Stripes on the Capitol grounds Tuesday.

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Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate John R. Kasich addresses supporters on Friday in Lebanon, Ohio. Mr. Kasich is a former congressman.

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Associated Press California state Attorney General Jerry Brown campaigns Monday at Cafe Coyote in San Diego. Mr. Brown is running again for governor, an office he held previously from 1975 to 1983.

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Illustration: Tea Party by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

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Trick-or-treaters get their treat at the North Portico of the White House during a Halloween celebrations, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

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BACK AGAIN: As Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (right) looks on, President Obama addresses a Sunday rally at Cleveland State University. Mr. Obama has been to the swing state of Ohio on behalf of the Democratic nominees for governor and Senate a dozen times. (Associated Press)

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Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker addresses a Haverhill, Mass., audience Sunday. Listening at rear left are former Boston Red Sox pitching ace Curt Schilling and wife Shonda. (Associated Press)

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From left: Isai Aguilar Morales, 22, Crisantos Moroyoqui, 36, and Jose David Castro Reyes, 25, are suspected in connection with the beheading of Martin Alejandro Cota-Monroy, 38, in suburban Phoenix. (Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Associated Press)

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Tanzanians line up to vote in Msoga village on Sunday. Tanzania's ruling party, in power for nearly half a century, is facing a stiff challenge from an energized opposition. (Associated Press)

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GOP Rep. Peter Hoekstra expects the next Republican chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to hold hearings on how the threat of prosecutions has affected the CIA's morale. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shares a laugh with girls from the Siem Reap Center, a U.S.-funded shelter in Siem Reap, Cambodia, that provides rehabilitation and vocational training for sex-trafficking victims. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** John Brennan, deputy national security adviser for homeland security and counterterrorism, briefs reporters at the White House in Washington on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010, after President Obama made a statement about suspicious packages found on U.S.-bound planes. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Eddie Burke appears at a press conference while Tea Party Express Chairwoman Amy Kremer looks on in Anchorage, Alaska, on Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. The national tea party group that helped defeat U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the GOP primary is back in Alaska, vowing this time to turn back the Republican's write-in candidacy in the general election. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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A horse-drawn carriage awaits a rider in front of the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai on Thursday. President Obama is scheduled to stay at this hotel, which was the scene of one of the so-called "26/11" attacks. (Associated Press)

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A woman shows support of rights activist Abdel-Jalil Singace outside the courthouse in Manama, where the trial opened for him and two dozen others accused of plotting against Bahrain's rulers. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama is pictured during a commercial break as he talks with host Jon Stewart as he takes part in a taping of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

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FILE - In this July 7, 2009 file photo, actor Sacha Baron Cohen dressed as his character Bruno leaves a taping of "The Late Show with David Letterman" in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)

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Britain's then-Secret Intelligence Service, SIS, chief John Sawers addresses a gathering of academics, officials and editors in London Thursday Oct. 28, 2010. The former boss of Britain's MI6 spy agency has delivered his first public speech, one devoted to explaining his secretive organization's work and outlining the difficulties he faced in ensuring that foreign partners acted fairly. (AP Photo//Toby Melville, Pool)