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A dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who once lived in Maryland has been indicted for serving as a Chinese agent and working with Beijing in a 2016 plot to recruit a senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump to push pro-China policies. The New York Post identified the aide on Twitter as former CIA Director R. James Woolsey. Mr. Woolsey, who was an adviser to Mr. Trump for a short period of time, did not respond to a request for comment. (File, Associated Press)

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, is critical of the CBO analysis on the Democrats' health care bills. (Katie Falkenberg/The Washington Times)

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President Lyndon B. Johnson confers with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, November 23, 1963. (AP Photo/ File)

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President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) confers with his secretary of defense, Robert McNamara. (AP Photo/ File)

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A family from Long Island, N.Y., holds onto a flag-themed balloon as the foursome prepares to march in the National Independence Day Parade on Constitution Avenue in Northwest Saturday. (Allison Shelley/Washington Times/File)

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GETTY IMAGES Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele A. Flournoy are spearheading efforts to develop new defenses for military computer networks.

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Saddam Hussein said his Iraqi government had "no connection" with al Qaeda. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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AFP/GETTY IMAGES The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington. Presidents who took bold stands are those most memorialized and best remembered.

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In this file photo from a prior year, coaches Reps. Mike Doyle, Pennsylvania Democrat., and Joe Barton, Texas Republican, shake hands before the game.

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**FILE** President Obama, with AARP CEO Barry Rand (left) and Sen. Max Baucus, Montana Democrat, announced a plan in late June 2009 that would help seniors save money on prescription drugs. The plan would close a loophole, known as "doughnut hole," established in 2002 by the Bush administration. (Associated Press)

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Emergency personnel walk along the tracks at the scene where two Metro red line trains collided. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)

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AFP/GETTY IMAGES Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for an end to election protests.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo and his wife, Trinity Tomsic, seen at their home in this file photo after their dogs were killed in a raid by Prince George's County deputies last year, were told the deputies acted appropriately.

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Georgian protesters wearing cowls rally in Tbilisi last week to demand the resignation of President Mikhail Saakashvili, who led his nation in a war with Russia in 2008 in a failed effort to keep control of breakaway provinces South Ossetia and Abkhazia. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

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Opposition supporters participate in a mass protest in Tbilisi against Mr. Saakashvili late last month. The embattled leader faces pressure to resign amid efforts to rebuild the country following a brief war with Russia last year. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

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AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES DRIVE: Fiat and Chrysler Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne is thought to have the key to turning the failing Detroit automaker around.

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**FILE** Former President George H.W. Bush (center) is joined by his sons, former President George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, as he recounts Friday's birthday jump with the Army Golden Knights parachute team to celebrate his 85th birthday. (Associated Press)