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Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele speaks at the Rhode Island Republican Party Convention on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in Cranston, R.I. (AP Photo/Joe Giblin)
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President Barack Obama speaks at a memorial service for Sen. Robert Byrd, Friday, July 2, 2010, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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West Virginia State Troopers stand watch as President Barack Obama attends at a memorial service for Sen. Robert Byrd, Friday, July 2, 2010, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. holds up a copy of the Constitution during his tribute at a memorial service for Sen. Robert Byrd, Friday, July 2, 2010, at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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From left, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and former President Bill Clinton, sing "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver, at the end of a memorial service for Sen. Robert Byrd, Friday, July 2, 2010, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Former President Bill Clinton salutes the casket after his tribute during a memorial service for Sen. Robert Byrd, Friday, July 2, 2010, at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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A West Virginia trooper is seen in the foreground as President Barack Obama speaks at a memorial service for Sen. Robert Byrd, Friday, July 2, 2010, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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A huge oil slick approaches the beach in Gulf Shores, Ala., Friday, July 2, 2010. Oil from the Deepwater Horizon incident is expected to come ashore over the July 4th weekend. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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President Obama speaks at a memorial service for Sen. Robert C. Byrd, Friday, July 2, 2010, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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From left, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, President Obama, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Jay Rockefeller, West Virginia Democrat, bow their heads at a memorial service for the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia Democrat, Friday, July 2, 2010, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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A man visits the shrine of sufi Data Ganj Baksh after Thyrsday night attacks in Lahore, Pakistan in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, July 2, 2010. Two suicide bombings that killed 42 at the shrine stirred outrage in this terror-scarred nation Friday. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)
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Pakistani police officers stand guard outside a mosque as authorities beefed up security in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, July 2, 2010, following suicide attacks on the shrine of Sufi Data Ganj Baksh in Lahore killing scores of people and left many injured. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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A Pakistani police officer stands guard at the shrine of popular sufi Data Ganj Baksh in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, July 2, 2010. Two suicide bombings that killed 42 Thursday night at the popular shrine stirred outrage in this terror-scarred nation Friday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Supporters of Pakistani religious party remove poster of a feature film during a rally against the July 1 suicide attacks on Lahore's shrine of Sufi Data Ganj Baksh, in Gujranwala near Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, July 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Aftab Rizvi)
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Pakistani women mourn the death of their family members in Thursday night attack in Lahore, Pakistan in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, July 2, 2010. Two suicide bombings that killed 42 at a popular Sufi shrine in Lahore stirred outrage in this terror-scarred nation Friday. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)
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President Obama is greeted by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., upon his arrival at Yeager Airport in Charleston, W.Va., Friday, July 2, 2010, to attend a memorial service for the late Sen. Robert Byrd. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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In this April 16, 2010, file photo Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Friday, July 2, Mr. Hatch said he will vote against the confirmation of President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS U.N. special representative in Afghanistan Staffan de Mistura invites questions during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 24, 2010. A delegation of 15 members from the U.N. Security Council visited Afghanistan to meet with high-ranking officials, including Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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** FILE ** Lyle Mann, executive director of the Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training Board, addresses the panel at an Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board hearing regarding the update on its preparation of materials to train officers to enforce the state's illegal immigration law on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Men read newspapers at a stall in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, July 1, 2010. A government-backed proposal to limit Pakistani broadcasters' terror coverage and criticism of the state is stirring outrage among journalists who fear it will stifle the country's feisty, flourishing media. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
