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Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, walks to his office after going for a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Obama delivers an education reform speech at the National Urban League's 100th anniversary convention at the Washington Convention Center in Washington on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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President Barack Obama is greeted by National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial before delivering remarks at the National Urban League 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama delivers an education reform speech at the National Urban League's 100th anniversary convention at the Washington Convention Center in Washington on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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President Obama delivers remarks at the National Urban League's 100th anniversary convention in Washington on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama gestures while addressing the National Urban League's 100th anniversary convention in Washington on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama greets the crowd after delivering an education reform speech at the National Urban League's 100th anniversary convention at the Washington Convention Center in Washington on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg)

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** FILE ** An undated photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows USDA official Shirley Sherrod. (AP Photo/United States Department of Agriculture)

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President Obama gestures while delivering remarks on education at the National Urban League's 100th anniversary convention in Washington on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, gives a thumbs-up as he gets on an elevator on his way for a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks to the Cabinet at a meeting, in Moscow's Kremlin, Tuesday, June 29, 2010. (AP photo/RIA Novosti, Vladimir Rodionov, Presidential Press Service)

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Associated Press President Obama laughs as he's welcomed by a bipartisan duo - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (center), a Republican, and Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a Democrat - upon his arrival aboard Air Force One in Newark, N.J.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will return to private life in April, according to speculation inside the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

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CONSTITUTION PROJECT Virginia Sloan, president of the Constitution Project, calls the move by Congress "remarkable."

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens to questions at a press conference at the end of the ASEAN conference on Friday in Hanoi. Mrs. Clinton criticized China's territorial claims, which angered Beijiing's leadership, and called on China to resolve the disputes. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Police detains Hamid Gul, former chief of the country's main intelligence agency and a staunch critic of Musharraf's support of the U.S.-led war on terror, in Islamabad, Pakistan on Nov 4, 2007. Authorities rounded up opposition leaders after Gen. Pervez Musharraf suspended Pakistan's constitution, declaring rising Islamic extremism forced him to take emergency measures that included replacing the nation's chief judge and blacking out the independent media that refused to support him. (Associated Press)

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This undated black-and-white handout photo provided by the National Archives shows President Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretary Grace Tully placing mail in the president's mailbox. After being sealed for years, the National Archives has acquired the largest privately held collection of FDR papers. The 14 boxes of artifacts were amassed by Roosevelt's secretary Grace Tully. (AP Photo/National Archives)

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Maryland Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert Ehrlich announces former Maryland Secretary of State Mary Kane as his pick for his running mate Thursday, July 1, 2010, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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An aerial view shows the reconstructed Old Town with the Royal Castle on right, in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The Warsaw Uprising Museum released a 3D film on Wednesday showing the ruins of Warsaw after World War II. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

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Pro-bullfighting supporters are seen in front of the Catalan Parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Lawmakers in Catalonia outlawed bullfighting Wednesday, making this Spain's first major region to do so after an impassioned debate that pitted the rights of animals against preserving a pillar of traditional culture. (AP Photo/David Ramos)