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ASSOCIATED PRESS SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP: British Prime Minister David Cameron and President Obama discuss BP and the crisis in the Gulf of Mexico in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS British Prime Minister David Cameron hosted a breakfast meeting with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at the British Embassy in Washington on Tuesday. "The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a catastrophe for the environment, for the fishing industry, for tourism. I've been absolutely clear about that," Mr. Cameron said.

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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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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Charles E. Grassley hears out fellow Republican Lindsey Graham on Tuesday before a Judiciary Committee vote on Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.

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Director of National Intelligence nominee James R. Clapper Jr., a retired Air Force lieutenant general, testifies at his hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on July 20, 2010. (Associated Press)

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Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (right), West Virginia Democrat, escorts Carte Goodwin on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, before Mr. Goodwin, also a Democrat, is sworn in as the Mountain State's junior senator. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Obama, right, and British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, talk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, laughs as Afghan President Hamid Karzai and rest of the foreign ministers prepare to pose for a group photo after the Kabul International Conference at the Foreign Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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(Front row, from L to R) U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pose for photos in Kabul on July 20, 2010. A major international conference in Kabul ended on July 20 calling for at least 50 percent of development aid for the country to be channeled through the Afghan government's budget within two years. UPI/Hossein Fatemi

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U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, gestures as Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, prepare to pose for a group photo after the Kabul International Conference at the Foreign Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center right, tour a crafts bazaar in Kabul on Tuesday July 20, 2010, as they attend an international conference on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Paul J. RICHARDS, Pool)

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In this image made from TV footage, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at an international conference on Afghanistan's future in Kabul on Tuesday July 20, 2010. Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday reaffirmed his commitment for Afghan police and soldiers to take charge of security throughout the nation by 2014 and urged his international partners to spend their money on Afghan priorities, not short-term projects. (AP Photo/RTV via APTN)