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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.

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FALTERING: Republican Jane Norton, after being the front-runner for months in the Colorado primary race for U.S. Senate, finds herself trailing by double digits in two recent polls. (Associated Press)

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Ken Buck, Weld County district attorney in Colorado, leads Jane Norton in the state's Republican primary race for a U.S. Senate seat by double digits, according to two recent surveys. (Associated Press)

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President Obama speaks about the economy at a town-hall style event on Wednesday at Racine Memorial Hall in Racine, Wis. At the event, Mr. Obama criticized Republicans, saying, "Their prescription for every challenge is pretty much the same." (Associated Press)

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U.S. President Barack Obama talks during a town hall style meeting at Memorial Hall in Racine, Wisconsin on June 30, 2010. UPI/Brian Kersey

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President Barack Obama waves as he exits Air Force One upon his arrival at Mitchell International airport in Milwaukee, Wis., Wednesday, June, 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

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President Barack Obama is greeted by Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle and his wife Jessica as he arrives at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wis., Wednesday, June 30, 2010, prior to traveling to Racine, Wis., to hold a town-hall style event on the economy. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)