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Another day of the political mess that is the Elian Gonzalez saga in Miami Florida. Still debate goes on between Elian supporters and INS. Here Elian supporters and Clinton bashers deal with summer like temps as they stand vigil near the temporary home of Elian, March 30, 2000. ( Sean Dougherty / The Washington Times )
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Another day of the political mess that is the Elian Gonzalez saga in Miami Florida. Still debate goes on between Elian supporters and INS. Elian plays on the swing set in his back yard Thursday, March 30, 2000. ( Sean Dougherty / The Washington Times )
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Monday outside Elian's house in Miami / ittle Havana. Gerado Barrios of Miami walks home with his portrait of Ronald Reagan as he leaves the area where Elian supporters have been hanging out, April 10, 2000. He said that Reagan was not afraid to fight communists. ( Sean Dougherty / The Washington Times )
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In this third of seven sequential photos, Elian Gonzalez is held in a closet by Donato Dalrymple, one of the two men who rescued the boy from the ocean, right, as government officials search the home of Lazaro Gonzalez for the young boy, early Saturday morning, April 22, 2000, in Miami. Armed federal agents seized Elian Gonzalez from the home of his Miami relatives before dawn Saturday, firing tear gas into an angry crowd as they left the scene with the weeping 6-year-old boy. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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The casket of the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, is carried by a military honor guard funeral detail up the Senate steps during arrival ceremonies at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, July 1, 2010 in Washington. UPI/Bill O'Leary/POOL
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The hearse carrying the casket of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, arrives at the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd, who died Monday, June 28, 2010, at 92 and was the longest serving senator in history, will lie in repose in the Senate Chamber until he is moved to West Virginia later Thursday. UPI/Chris Kleponis
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Sen. Jay Rockefeller, West Virginia Democrat, greets staff members of the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, as they wait for the arrival of his casket on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July, 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Bill O'Leary, Pool)
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The casket of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, is carried by an Honor Guard into the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd, who died Monday, June 28, 2010, at 92 and was the longest serving senator in history, will lie in repose in the Senate Chamber until he is moved to West Virginia later Thursday. UPI/Chris Kleponis
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Sen. Jay Rockefeller, West Virginia Democrat, left, and others, watch as the casket containing the remains of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, is carried up the Senate steps on Capitol hill in Washington, Thursday, July 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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The casket of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, is carried by an Honor Guard into the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd, who died Monday, June 28, 2010, at 92 and was the longest serving senator in history, will lie in repose in the Senate Chamber until he is moved to West Virginia later Thursday. UPI/Chris Kleponis
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The casket containing the remains of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, is carried up the Senate steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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The flag-draped coffin carrying Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, is brought into the U.S. Capitol by an Honor Guard in Washington on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd, who died Monday, June 28, 2010, at 92 and was the longest serving senator in history, will lie in repose in the Senate Chamber until he is moved to West Virginia later Thursday. UPI/Jim Lo Scalzo/POOL
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The flag-draped coffin carrying Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, passes through the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Mr. Byrd, who died Monday, June 28, 2010, at 92 and was the longest serving senator in history, will lie in repose in the Senate Chamber until he is moved to West Virginia later Thursday. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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The casket the of late Sen. Robert Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, is carried through the reception room into the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday July 1, 2010, by a Military District of Washington honor guard. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
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** FILE ** In this Aug. 21, 2007, file picture, Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Olli Heinonen, listens to a question during a joint press conference with a top Iranian nuclear negotiator, Javad Vaeedi, unseen, after their talks in Tehran, Iran. The International Atomic Energy Agency says senior nuclear inspector Olli Heinonen will be leaving his post at the end of August. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi,File)
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** FILE ** British Foreign Secretary William Hague delivers his first foreign policy speech at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London on Thursday, July 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, Pool)
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In this April 29, 2010, photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio answers questions at a news conference to announce his latest crime suppression enforcement patrols in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) **FILE**
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In this Nov. 11, 2009, file photo, former Vice President Al Gore speaks during the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Phoenix. Oregon authorities are reopening an investigation into a massage therapist's allegations that Mr. Gore groped her at a hotel four years ago. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)
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Anwar al-Awlaki, whom authorities say is directly connected to a terrorism plot in the U.S., is the spiritual leader of the group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, an offshoot of Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Wizards first draft pick John Wall, center, from the University of Kentucky, smiles as he holds up a jersey with coach Flip Saunders, right, and Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld during a news conference in Washington, on Friday, June 25, 2010. Wall was selected as the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA basketball draft on Thursday.
