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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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** FILE ** In this Sept. 24, 2010, file photo, President Obama greets Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev during their bilateral meeting in New York. (Associated Press)
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House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, center, gestures while announcing the Republicans "Pledge to America" agenda, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at a lumber company in Sterling, Va. From left are, Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., Boehner, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Sarah Shourd, one of three Americans arrested and imprisoned in Iran on espionage charges after violating its borders, listens during an interview in New York on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Miss Shourd was released Sept. 14, but her fiance, Shane Bauer, and their friend Josh Fattal remain in Tehran’s Evin Prison. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee, stands by as D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray, the city's likely mayor-to-be, speaks to the news media after a meeting Thursday about her tenure. No action was announced.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS State Sen. President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, right, and Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, left, walk past reporters and the budget clock as they go to a budget meeting at the Governor's office at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. The meeting between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the four legislative leaders ended without reaching a deal on how to close California's $19 billion deficit, marking the 79th day the state has gone without a resolution to the spending plan, breaking the old record of 78 days.
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** FILE ** Rep. Frank R. Wolf, Virginia Republican. (Associated Press)
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House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, center, holds up a copy of the GOP agenda, "A Pledge to America", Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at a lumber yard in Sterling, Va. From left are, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Boehner, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California (left) speaks during an enrollment ceremony with small-business owners and advocates before signing the Small Business Jobs Act and sending it to President Obama.
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Bloomberg Jacob Lew, nominee to be director of the Office of Management and Budget, "lacked sufficient concern for the host of economic challenges confronting the Gulf Coast," a Louisiana senator said in explaining why she would hold up his nomination.
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Associated Press Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, saw his campaign-finance reform bill meet the same fate Thursday as in July.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, holds up a copies of the Quran, left, and Bible, right, as he addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, enters before speaking at the 65th United Nations General Assembly in the UN building in New York City on September 23, 2010. UPI/John Angelillo
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, waits to speak at the 65th United Nations General Assembly in the UN building in New York City on September 23, 2010. UPI/John Angelillo
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Israel's seats in the General Assembly hall sit empty while President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran addresses the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, holds up a copies of the Quran, left, and Bible, right, as he addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, addresses the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010.
