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The 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric car will cost $41,000 before government rebates when it goes on sale - about $8,000 more than its closest rival, the all-electric Nissan Leaf. (Associated Press)
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Ryan Crocker, dean and executive professor at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, testifies Tuesday on Capitol Hill before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Palestinian Wafa Awaja (holding baby) stands outside the makeshift structures that house her, her husband and their six children — including (from the left) Zikrayat, 2, infant Leyali, Omsyat, 13, and Dia, 4 — in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip. (Associated Press)
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Leyali Awaja sleeps in one of the tents. Her family has been homeless since Israel's December 2008 military offensive against Gaza. (Associated Press)
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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., left and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, question Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, center, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 27, 2010, during the committee's hearing on Mattis' nomination to head the U.S. Central Command. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Former U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix arrives to give evidence at the Iraq War Inquiry in London on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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Ryan Crocker, dean and executive professor at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, testifies Tuesday on Capitol Hill before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, July 27, 2010, during the committee's hearing on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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David Kilcullen, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Center for a New American Security, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 27, 2010, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., listens on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, July 27, 2010, during the committee's hearing on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Ryan Crocker, Dean and Executive Professor at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, right, accompanied by Zainab Salbi, founder and CEO of Women for Women International, center, and David Kilcullen, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Center for a New American Security, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, July 27, 2010, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Five month-old Palestinian girl Leyali Awaja sleeps in the makeshift structure that houses her family in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, his wife Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Members of the Palestinian Awaja family, from left, Zikrayat, 2, mother Wafa, 34, holding baby Leyali, Omsyat, 13, and Dia, 4, on tent, stand near the makeshift structures that house them in Beit Lahiyeh, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian Wafa Zikrayat, 2, stands next to her mother Wafa, 34, holding baby Leyali, near the makeshift structures that house the family in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, his wife Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Five month-old Palestinian girl Leyali Awaja sleeps in the makeshift structure that houses her family, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, his wife Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian Wafa Awaja, 34, takes care of flowers in her garden outside the makeshift structures that house her family, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit Wafa, her husband Kamal and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Members of the Awaja family, from left: Omsyat, 13, mother Wafa, 34, five month-old Leyali, and Hala, 8, are seen in a makeshift structure that houses them in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian Dia Awaja, 4, plays in a tent, part of the makeshift structures that house the family in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit father Kamal, his wife Wafa, and their 8-year-old son Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian siblings Dia Awaja, right, 4, and Zikrayat, 2, left, play on one of the tents which comprise the makeshift structures that house their family, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets the siblings father Kamal, mother Wafa, and their 8-year-old brother Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Palestinian Wafa Awaja, 34, jokes with her daughters Hala, 8, left, and Omsyat, 13, as they stand near the makeshift structures that house the family in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 10, 2010. A portrait of Wafa's late 8-year-old son Ibrahim _ killed during an Israeli army operation_ is attached to the tent at right. The Awajas are among thousands of families whose houses were destroyed during Israel's three-week military offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza, launched in December 2008 with the aim of halting Hamas rocket attacks. An Israeli forces bulldozer flattened the Awajas' house and as the family tried to flee, bullets hit Wafa, her husband Kamal, and Ibrahim, who bled to death in the street. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
