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A presidential guard, third from left, is taken away by protesting police outside the hospital where Ecuador's President Rafael Correa is located in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police angered by a law that cuts their benefits shut down airports and blocked highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)

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Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, center, covers his head as he runs away from tear gas during a protest of police officers and soldiers against a new law that cuts their benefits at a police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. There were no reports of serious violence against the government, but Correa was hospitalized due to the effects of tear gas after being shouted down and pelted with water as he tried to speak with a group of police protesters. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)

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Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, center, wearing a gas mask, is caught in the middle of a police protest at a police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police, angered by a law that cuts their benefits, shut down airports and blocked highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

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A supporter of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa waves a picture of Correa as tires burn in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. Ecuador's government declared a state of siege Thursday after rebellious police, angry over a law that would cut their benefits, plunged Ecuador into chaos, roughing up Correa, shutting down airports and blocking highways in a nationwide strike. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)

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Soldiers guard the government palace in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. Ecuador is under a state of siege, with the military in charge of public order, after soldiers rescued Ecuador's President Rafael Correa from a hospital where he'd been surrounded by police who roughed him up and tear-gassed him earlier. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)

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Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., uses an umbrella as he arrives under rain showers at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, for a meeting between Democratic Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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In this photo released by CBS, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, left, shares a laugh with host David Letterman on the set of the "Late Show with David Letterman," in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/CBS, John Paul Filo)

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President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall style meeting in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Historian Amy Henderson walks at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery's newest exhibit, 'One Life: Katharine Graham', Sept. 29, 2010 in Washington. The exhibit opens Oct. 1, 2010 and continues through May 30, 2011, is on Graham who was publisher of the Washington Post. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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A photograph of Katharine Graham, by Richard Avedon, part of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery's newest exhibit, 'One Life: Katharine Graham' , Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010 in Washington. The exhibit opens Oct. 1, 2010 and continues through May 30, 2011, is on Graham who was publisher of the Washington Post. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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In this image distributed Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010 by the Israel Museum, an image of an 1920 drawing by Swiss artist Paul Klee . The drawing was seized by the Nazis during World War II and has completed a 73-year journey from the hands of its original German Jewish owner to the collection of a Jewish charity in Britain, Israel's national museum said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Israel Museum)

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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2010 file photo, Arianna Huffington speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)

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FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2007 file photo, U.S. director Arthur Penn waves during a photo-call at the 57th International Film Festival Berlin "Berlinale" in Berlin where he was awarded the Honorary Golden Bear for his lifetime achievement. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Barack Obama holds a discussion with families in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS House Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio addresses the American Enterprise Institute in Washington about ways to make Congress more fiscally responsible.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel on the South Lawn in August. Mr. Emanuel is expected to resign Friday to run for mayor of Chicago and to be replaced temporarily by Pete Rouse.

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Pete Rouse, senior adviser to President Obama, is said to be in line to become interim White House chief of staff. (Associated Press)

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Christine O'Donnell can count on support from the "tea party," but not the fellow Republican she defeated.

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In this April 27, 2010, file photo, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel laughs as he takes some good natured ribbing about his plans to run for mayor of Chicago while participating in the sixth annual Richard J. Daley Global Cities Forum in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)