Politics

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** FILE ** Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's vice president and head of its Atomic Energy Organization, speaks with the media in Tehran in October 2009. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

In this file photo taken June 16, 2010, BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, left, and BP Managing Director Bob Dudley, right, arrive with other BP executives at the White House in Washington. BP PLC said Wednesday, June 23, 2010, that Mr. Dudley has been appointed to head the new Gulf Coast Restoration Organization, which is in charge of cleaning up the oil spill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)

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The Republican candidate for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District, state Rep. Tim Scott, defeated the late Sen. Strom Thurmond's son Paul on Tuesday in the GOP runoff for the House seat nomination. Mr. Scott will face Democrat Ben Frasier, who also is black, in November. (Associated Press)

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D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee said she has some concerns about the D.C. Healthy Schools Act, among them the fact that some schools do not have cafeterias or kitchens. (The Washington Times)

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George Osborne, Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, displays his budget box outside his official residence at 11 Downing St. in central London on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Uruguay players celebrate at the end of the World Cup group A soccer match between Mexico and Uruguay at Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa, on Tuesday, June 22, 2010. Uruguay won 1-0.

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Russia's Ambassador Vitaly Churkin speaks after a vote sanctioning Iran during a session of the United Nations Security Council, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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President Obama delivers remarks on the Affordable Care Act and the New Patients Bill of Rights, Tuesday, June 22, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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The Republican National Committee on Tuesday launched a website for the mock "Obama's Chicago Network: It's not TV, it's reality."

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From left: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare President and Chief Executive Officer, former Connecticut Rep. Barbara Kennelly, discuss benefits and questions about the Affordable Care Act and Medicare at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 26, 2010. The White House released the "patients bill of rights" on Tuesday, June 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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The first three C-130J Super Hercules for India take the final positions on Lockheed Martin assembly line in Marietta, Ga. India will receive six aircraft plus support, with the first aircraft arrival in India scheduled for February 2011. The six C-130Js will give the Indian Army and Air Force new special operations capabilities using the world’s most advanced airlifter. (Lockheed Martin photo). (PRNewsFoto/Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company)

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A house in Palo Alto, Calif., sports a "sold" sign on Monday, May 24, 2010. Sales of previously occupied homes dipped 2.2 percent in May, suggesting that a boost from government home-buying incentives is winding down earlier than expected. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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In this image taken from TV, British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (center) delivers his emergency budget in the House of Commons in London on Tuesday, June 22, 2010. (AP Photo/PA)

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John Roos (left), U.S. ambassador to Japan, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan before their talks at Mr. Kan's office in Tokyo on Tuesday, June 22, 2010. On Monday, Mr. Kan said he will reassure President Obama when they meet at a summit this weekend that Japan-U.S. ties continue to be "the cornerstone" of Japan's diplomacy. (AP Photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno, Pool)

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A damaged bus with shattered windows and a damaged trunk is seen in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, June 22, 2010, after a roadside bomb attack. Suspected Kurdish rebels detonated a remote-controlled bomb in Istanbul Tuesday, killing four people and wounding 12 on a bus carrying military personnel and their families, the governor said. (AP Photo )

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Dodge County Election Commisioner Fred Mytty holds the unofficial results to a special election held Monday June 21, 2010, in Fremont, Neb. The election was for a proposal to ban hiring or renting property to illegal immigrants.(AP Photo/Dave Weaver)

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President Obama's top budget official, Peter Orszag, plans to step down later this year, White Houses sources said Tuesday, June 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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** FILE ** In this May 10, 2010, file photo, Commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal, and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry brief reporters ahead of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit at the White House. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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TEUTONIC TIP: German Chancellor Angela Merkel discusses global finance after a meeting with advisers at the Chancellery in Berlin on Monday ahead of the Group of 20 summit. (Associated Press)