Politics

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**FILE** Abortion protesters in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2008, call on politicians to reject donations from Planned Parenthood and other such groups. (The Washington Times)

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Photographs by Katie Falkenberg/The Washington Times Gun-control activists in front of the Supreme Court show their support for the gun ban and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

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BACK FOR ROUND 3: Third-party candidate Ralph Nader talks Monday about his 2008 campaign at his Georgetown office. (John Tully/The Washington Times)

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Ralph Nader has said the 220-year-old "Electoral College duopoly" has effectively locked out third-party and independent candidates and provides little reason for the major parties to foster innovation or progress to the political sphere. (John Tully/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** This undated image released in April 2008 shows what U.S. intelligence officials said was a Syrian nuclear reactor being built with North Korean help. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

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Gen. Michael V. Hayden was feted Friday at his military-retirement ceremony at Bolling Air Force Base. He will continue to serve as the civilian director of the CIA.

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Associated Press President Bush presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Annette Lantos, wife of the late Rep. Tom Lantos of California, during a ceremony honoring Mr. Lantos and five others with the nation's highest civilian award.

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Sen. Barack Obama has tapped former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, who was a Clinton supporter, as part of his team. Associated Press.

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** In this June 18, 2008, file photo, the Rev. John McLaughlin, of St. Monica Parish in Methuen, Mass., is the first national vocations director at the Archdiocese of the Military in Washington. This month, Father McLaughlin begins traveling the country to recruit members of the military into the Catholic priesthood and sisterhood. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony (left) and a deputy, Vincent Otti, meet with a U.N. official in Ri-Kwangba, Sudan, in 2006.

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Above: Mobs scale the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, Vietnam, in April 1975 to escape the imminent communist takeover. Left: In April 1956, black and white passengers sit segregated on a trolley in Atlanta, despite a Supreme Court decision. Both were pivot points in U.S. history.

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Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Seoul protesters demand the resignation of government officials. Some scholars say the mixed focus of the protests indicate citizens merely seek group experience, and that this urge dangerously usurps their loyalty to the democratic process. Elected by a record margin, the president's approval rating is now less than 20 percent.

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**FILE** Chen Yunlin (left), head of Beijing's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, and Chiang Pin-kung, Taiwan's chief negotiator, toast the charter flight and tourism agreement. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** NATO-led French troops move to take up positions during exercises at the border between Kosovo and Serbia in 2008. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Michael Kim of Columbia, Md., prepares for his first airsoft game. Many participants have military experience or are in law enforcement and play to keep their skills sharp. (The Washington Times)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Barbara Boxer, California Democrat, discusses the environment and climate change Friday on Capitol Hill during a news conference. Mrs. Boxer is the lead sponsor of a failed bill that addresses global warming.

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**FILE** Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton shares a light moment with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and their daughter, Chelsea, during a rally for her supporters in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

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**FILE** Colombian refugees wait for aid in the tiny border town of Puerto Nuevo, Ecuador, after fleeing their country to escape a drug-fueled civil war. (Kelly Hearn/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Seen here two days before the 1992 presidential election, Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton dance on stage at a rally at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, N.J. Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" was that year's campaign theme song. (Associated Press)