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President Obama signs the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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A leaflet with a picture of the late communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu is seen on his freshly dug-up grave at the Ghencea Military Cemetery in Bucharest, Romania, on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Taking the country by surprise, forensic scientists on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, exhumed what are believed to be the bodies of Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, at the request of their children. The top of leaflet reads: "They shot me. Do you have a better life?" (AP Photo)

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In this photo taken on Dec. 25, 1999, an elderly Romanian woman cries as she holds a picture of the late communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu at the Ghencea Military Cemetery in Bucharest, Romania. Taking the country by surprise, forensic scientists on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, exhumed what are believed to be the bodies Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, at the request of their children. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

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A North Korean soldier looks through a window at Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton while she visits the U.N. truce building in Panmunjom village in the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, pool)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center right, is escorted by Han Duck-Soo, South Korean ambassador to the U.S., past ceremonial honor guards as she arrives at the Seoul Military Airport in Seongnam, South Korea, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)

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A South Korean protester holds a portrait of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, during a rally against joint military exercises by South Korea and the United States in front of the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens as Han Duck-soo, South Korean ambassador to the United States, second from right, looks on upon Mrs. Clinton's arrival at the Seoul Military Airport in Seongnam, South Korea, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, left, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pay respect to the U.S. national anthem during a ceremony at the Korean War Memorial in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)

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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, right, talks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as they walk to attend a dinner at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, second from left, South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-young pose before their meeting at the Central Government Complex of South Korea in Seoul, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Lee Jae-Won, Pool)

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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, look through binoculars toward North Korea during a visit to observation post Ouellette at the Demilitarized Zone in Panmunjon, South Korea, on July 21, 2010. The DMZ is a strip of land that divides North and South Korea at the 38th parallel. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, pool)

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U.S. Army Col. Kurt Taylor, right, briefs Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, 2nd right, as a curious North Korean soldier looks through a window at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)

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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, left, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a press conference with South Korean counterparts on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, in Seoul, South Korea. Mr. Gates and Mrs. Clinton are participating in talks with their Korean counter parts and South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, pool)

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North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun, second from left, arrives at Noibai Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday, July 21, 2010, to attend the 43rd annual ASEAN ministers meeting and related meetings as a security guard looks on. North Korea's top diplomat will likely be on a damage control mission this week at the Asian security meeting, pleading innocent to the sinking of a South Korean warship that killed 46 sailors and has been widely blamed on Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Na Son-Nguyen)

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In a Wednesday, July 21, 2010, photo provided by the Navy Visual News Service, the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) arrives in Busan, Republic of Korea, to take part in four days of joint military exercises between the Republic of Korea and the United States that starts Sunday. (AP Photo/Navy Visual News Service, PO 3rd class Charles Oki)

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U.S. Army Col. Kurt Taylor, right, briefs Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, 2nd right, as a curious North Korean soldier looks through the window at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates look at North Korea using binoculars at a guard post in Camp Oulette neat the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/ Korea Pool) *

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Karen Handel and her husband, Steve, leave a polling spot in Roswell, Ga. Sarah Palin has endorsed Mrs. Handel, who has recently surged to the top of polls. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray "failed to hold a hearing on any of the proposal packages" submitted by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty after a previous contract award to Interlot, said D.C. Attorney General Peter J. Nickles. (The Washington Times)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Republican Party chairman Michael Steele, center, talks with Republican state leaders and volunteers during a visit to the Colorado GOP headquarters in the Greenwood Village south of Denver on Thursday, July 8, 2010.