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BARBARA L. SALISBURY/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Jim Hewes, a bartender for about 22 years at the Willard InterContinental's Round Robin Bar, researched the drinking habits of U.S. presidents to come up with a signature drink for each. A favorite of President Millard Fillmore was the brandy crusta (left). George Washington (right) preferred a blend of Madeira wine with fruit brandies and rye whiskey.
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** FILE ** Sen. Ted Stevens, Alaska Republican, talks with reporters on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo)
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Pakistani officials get ready on Nov. 17, 2008 near Peshawar to escort trucks carrying supplies for NATO and U.S. forces to neighboring Afghanistan through Pakistan's Khyber Pass, an increasingly perilous 30-mile stretch. (Associated Press)
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President-elect Barack Obama (right) meets with Sen. John McCain on Nov. 17 at Obama's transition office in downtown Chicago. (Associated Press)
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Marines of the 1st Force Service Supply Group Forward respond to reports of an Iraqi force preparing to advance on them from the south during a sandstorm in southern Iraq on March 25, 2003. President Bush's legacy depends on a positive outcome in Iraq. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)
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Then-President Bush speaks to rescue workers, firefighters and police officers from the rubble of ground zero in New York City three days after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Retired firefighter Bob Beckwith and then-New York Gov. George Pataki join the president. (Getty Images) ** FILE **
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In this 2002 file photo, President Bush holds his Scottish terrier Barney as he and first lady Laura Bush walk to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Boston Celtics public relations director Heather Walker acknowledged a published report Friday that Barney bit her wrist and drew blood as she tried to pat the Scottish terrier after a White House ceremony honoring the team's 17th NBA championship. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Curtis Irwin holds a .50 caliber rifle to show at a gun shop in Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday. The Cheaper Than Dirt gun store recorded a record day of gun sales the day after the election of President-elect Barack Obama and is since having trouble keeping up with the demand for assault rifles. (Associated Press)
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Rachel Smith, 32, of Richmond, looks over shotguns at the Bob Moates sport shop in Richmond, Va., on Thursday. Smith, the mother of five children and an avid hunter plans to purchase several guns before President-elect Obama takes office. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** In this photo from February 2008, former Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra smiles as he greets supporters a the Bangkok airport on his return from exile. (Associated Press)
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The Rev. Franklin Graham, seen with the Rev. Billy Graham, says his 90-year-old father would "certainly like to meet (President-elect Barack Obama) and pray with him." (Associated Press)
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Group: ViewsAmerica Credit: CUMMINGS Source: Winnipeg Free Press - Winnipeg, Canada Keywords: US ELECTIONS PARTY DANCE REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS ELEPHANT DONKEY OBAMA MCCAIN CAMPAIGN Provider: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate
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ASSOCIATED PRESS John McCain is greeted by President Nixon in Washington in September 1973, after Mr. McCain spent more than five years in a Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp known as the "Hanoi Hilton."
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** FILE ** Obama supporters celebrate while watching election results at the Tune Inn on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. (The Washington Times)
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The lines for voting at Precinct 225 in Reston, Va. were already long when the polls opened at 6 a.m. for election day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. This precinct, located in Fairfax County, normally has about 3,500 registered voters. Here voters stand in lines designated by the first letter of their last name.
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National Public Radio has transformed its Studio 4A into a war room for election night coverage. About 60 to 80 people will be answering phones, updating the Web site, NPR.org, and broadcasting live from about 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. on election night. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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NOVEMBER 26: Jacqueline Kennedy stands with her two children Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy, Jr and brothers-in law Ted Kennedy (L, back) and Robert Kennedy (R) at the funeral of her husband US President John F. Kennedy 26 November 1963 in Washington, DC. A plane piloted by John F. Kennedy, Jr. was missing 17 July 1999 after departing from a small airport near New York City en route to Martha's Vineyard, MA. (Photo credit should read STAFF/AFP/Getty Images)
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A supporter displays an iPhone during a rally for Sen. Barack Obama in Raleigh, N.C., on Oct. 29, 2008. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s very selection as running mate was officially announced to the world through a telephone text message. (Associated Press) **FILE**
