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** FILE ** In this April 8, 2008, file photo Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington from Gen. David Petraeus. From the disappointment of a failed White House bid, Clinton is on the threshold of the world's stage as chief diplomat for the Democrat who defeated her.

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Agence france-presse/getty images Prince Harry says of his deployment to Afghanistan that he sometimes he had to "take a life to save a life."

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Queen Rania of Jordan speaks to reporters during a meeting of U.N. regional chiefs in Amman Monday. Rania called for emergency financial aid to U.N. agencies assisting the Palestinian refugees in Gaza. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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An Iranian girl and women react as they attend a religious procession to mark Ashura in Ardebil, Iran, in 2009. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

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**FILE** Hu Jintao is president of China, which has a one-child policy to control population growth. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS President-elect Barack Obama and his family will move this weekend into a suite at the Hay-Adams hotel across from the White House. **FILE**

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** FILE ** Dick Clark brings in the New Year from New York's Times Square on "New Year's Rockin' Eve" in this undated photo. (AP Photo/ABC, Donna Svennevik)

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Associated Press Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama - who campaigned on "change we can believe in" - spoke to supporters at a primary night rally in St. Paul, Minn.

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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, daughter Chelsea and husband Bill attend a New Year's Eve rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on Dec. 31. ASTRID RIECKEN/THE WASHINGTON TIMES

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** FILE ** Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) acknowledges Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during the 2008 funeral of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

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A ceremony is held Friday before a Chinese naval fleet set sail from Sanya city, in China's southernmost island province of Hainan. The warships, carrying special forces, helicopters and armed with guided missiles, were dispatched to Somalia for anti-piracy duty. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** A Palestinian child runs in front of a fuel truck as it drives near the Karni crossing, southeast of Gaza City on the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, on Friday, Dec. 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

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AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES 'BARRY O'BOMBER': President-elect Barack Obama began playing basketball at 10 after his father gave him a ball. Now at 47, he remains an avid player.

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Blackwater Chief Executive Officer Erik Prince defends his company's performance in Iraq before the House oversight committee in 2007. (Associated Press)

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President Woodrow Wilson's vision of self-determination for nations after World War I teaches that Arabs don't need to be taught democratic values, they just need the political space to put them into practice. (Library of Congress)

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Then-Sen. Barack Obama signs a copy of his book "The Audacity of Hope" at Bowie State University in November 2006. Key members of the president-elect's team have also authored books. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten second from left, Rabbis Abraham Shemtov, left, Levi Shemtov and Nachman Holtzberg, right, light the National Hanukkah Menorah, at the Ellipse, near the White House during a lighting ceremony marking the beginning of the celebration of the Hanukkah, Sunday Dec.. 21, 2008. Associated Press.

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President Nixon waves goodbye to staff members outside the White House after resigning on Aug. 9, 1974, following revelations of the Watergate and other scandals.

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Paul M. Weyrich addresses the National Press Club in December 1988. He joined consumer advocate Ralph Nader (left) to denounce pay raises for members of Congress. Mr. Weyrich died Thursday in Fairfax after a long illness. He was 66. (The Washington Times)