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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, at the Mayflower Hotel after his arrival in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Former British Prime Minister and Middle East quartet envoy Tony Blair looks to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, not seen, as they meet, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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**FILE** Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller makes phone calls from his law office in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Aug. 26, 2010. Miller, 43, stunned political pundits this week with his 1,688-vote lead over Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, in the Republican primary. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS 'TURN THE PAGE': President Obama greets members of the military at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday. "Operation Iraqi Freedom is over," he said in his Oval Office address to the nation.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama says from the Oval Office on Tuesday night that U.S. combat operations in Iraq are over. He warns, however, that violence and political turmoil continue to plague the Mideast nation, so America's mission there isn't complete.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS A wide-angle presidential view of the renovated Oval Office shows new carpeting, drapes, wallpaper and furniture. A pair of former President George W. Bush's fireside armchairs have been reupholstered in caramel-colored leather, and there are two new custom-made sofas.
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A guest's view of the Oval Office shows the Great Seal of the United States in the middle of a new rug that is bordered with five sayings "of meaning to the president." The famous Resolute Desk remains after renovations.
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A guest's view of the Oval Office shows the Great Seal of the United States in the middle of a new rug that is bordered with five sayings "of meaning to the president." The famous Resolute Desk remains after renovations.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS A wide-angle presidential view of the renovated Oval Office shows new carpeting, drapes, wallpaper and furniture. A pair of former President George W. Bush's fireside armchairs have been reupholstered in caramel-colored leather, and there are two new custom-made sofas.
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Associated Press Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas Democrat, says her violations of scholarship rules were unintentional.
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**FILE** Hamas authorities clash with a Fatah supporter in Gaza City. Palestinian rights groups have found a surprising symmetry in abuse between the U.S.-backed government in the West Bank and the Iranian-supported Hamas in Gaza. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday in Arlington, Va., as the U.S. prepares to relaunch Middle East peace talks at the White House. (Associated Press)
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Gen. David H. Petraeus speaks to the media in his office in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)
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President Obama greets members of the military at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Obama greets members of the military at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Palestinian vendors sell goods next to a section of Israel's separation barrier at the checkpoint in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. A Palestinian gunman opened fire on an Israeli vehicle traveling in the West Bank on Tuesday, authorities said, killing four passengers in a deadly attack that cast a long shadow over Mideast peace talks set to start this week. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Renovations to the Oval Office, including a new carpet, drapes, wallpaper and furniture, are pictured on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Copies of Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair's book is placed on sale at a bookshop in London, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Tony Blair's long-awaited memoir says the former British prime minister doesn't regret the Iraq war, although he wept for its victims, and carries revelations about the politician's alcohol use, his interactions with the queen and his testy relationship with his successor. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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South African Democratic Teacher's Union members protest in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Thursday Aug. 19, 2010. Unions are demanding an 8.6 percent wage increase and a 1,000 rand ($137) housing allowance. The government is offering a 7.5 percent increase plus 700 rand $96) to 800 rand ($110) for housing. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
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President Obama salutes as he leaves Marine One before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base on Tuesday, Aug., 31, 2010, for a trip to Fort Bliss, the sprawling Army base in El Paso, Texas, where he will speaks to the troops. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
