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West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin III, a Democrat, speaks during a news conference at the opening of the annual meeting of the National Governors Association on Friday, July 9, 2010, in Boston. Mr. Manchin said that "it's highly likely" that he will run for the late Robert C. Byrd's Senate seat. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano leaves a private meeting with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer at the annual meeting of the National Governors Association on Sunday, July 11, 2010, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaks with a reporter about her meeting with U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano at the annual meeting of the National Governors Association on Sunday, July 11, 2010, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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** FILE ** Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou speaks to domestic and foreign media on the recently signed Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement between Taiwan and China at the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan, on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Ma said the landmark trade agreement with China will bolster the island's economy without exposing it to immediate political pressure from Beijing. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a religious ceremony in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday, July 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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In this Dec. 15, 2009, file photo, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Chief Mikhail Fradkov, left, talk during a Foreign intelligence Service flag presentation ceremony in Moscow. Less than two weeks after the FBI broke the spy ring in a counterintelligence operation cultivated for a decade, 10 Russian secret agents caught in the U.S. are back in Russia in a rapid-fire spy swap which the U.S. and Russia worked out together as only old enemies could. Four convicted of spying for the West have been pardoned and released by Moscow, and bilateral relations appear on track again. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)

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President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off of Marine One in Washington, Friday, July 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A Pakistani villager carries an injured person at the spot of bombing in Yakaghund in Pakistani tribal area of Mohmand on Friday, July 9, 2010. Two suicide bombers, at least one of them on a motorcycle, struck outside a government office Friday in a tribal region where Pakistan's army has fought the Taliban, killing scores of people and left many injured, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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People gather near the site of the suicide bombing in Yakaghund in Pakistani tribal area of Mohmand on Friday, July 9, 2010. Two suicide bombers, at least oen of them on a motorcycle, struck outside a government office Friday in a tribal region where Pakistan's army has fought the Taliban, killing scores of people and left many injured, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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People carry an injured person from the spot of bombing in Yakaghund in Pakistani tribal area of Mohmand on Friday, July 9, 2010. Two suicide bombers, at least one of them on a motorcycle, struck outside a government office Friday in a tribal region where Pakistan's army has fought the Taliban, killing scores of people and left many injured, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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People gather near the site of the suicide bombing in Yakaghund in Pakistani tribal area of Mohmand on Friday, July 9, 2010. Two suicide bombers, at least one of them on a motorcycle, struck outside a government office Friday in a tribal region where Pakistan's army has fought the Taliban, killing scores of people and left many injured, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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A Pakistani hospital guard carries an injured child to a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, July 9, 2010. Two suicide bombers, at least one of them on a motorcycle, struck outside a government office Friday in a tribal region where Pakistan's army has fought the Taliban, killing scores of people and left many injured, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Iqbal)

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People shift an injured person from a stretcher to a vehicle at the spot of bombing in Yakaghund in Pakistani tribal area of Mohmand on Friday, July 9, 2010. Two suicide bombers, at least one of them on a motorcycle, struck outside a government office Friday in a tribal region where Pakistan's army has fought the Taliban, killing scores of people and left many injured, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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Pakistan army soldiers patrol in a troubled area after suicide bombing in Yakaghund in Pakistani tribal area of Mohmand on Friday, July 9, 2010. Two suicide bombers, at least oen of them on a motorcycle, struck outside a government office Friday in a tribal region where Pakistan's army has fought the Taliban, killing scores of people and left many injured, officials said.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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People gather near the site of the suicide bombing in Yakaghund in Pakistani tribal area of Mohmand on Friday, July 9, 2010. Two suicide bombers, at least one of them on a motorcycle, struck outside a government office Friday in a tribal region where Pakistan's army has fought the Taliban, killing scores of people and left many injured, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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In this Thursday, July 8, 2010, photo, a South Korean military official points a screw of the wreckage of a warship that the government claims was sunk by a North Korean torpedo in March, at the Second Fleet Command of Navy in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 9, 2010. The United Nations Security on Friday condemned the attack. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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People gather near the site of the suicide bombing in Yakaghund in Pakistani tribal area of Mohmand on Friday, July 9, 2010. A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck outside a government office Friday in a tribal region where Pakistan's army has fought the Taliban, killing scores of people and left many injured, officials said.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

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President Barack Obama greets supporters after speaking at a campaign fundraiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., in Las Vegas, Thursday, July 8, 2010.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama, right, speaks at a campaign fundraiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., left, in Las Vegas, Thursday, July 8, 2010.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama, left, waves at a campaign fundraiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., right, in Las Vegas, Thursday, July 8, 2010.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)