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** FILE ** Supporters of the Communist Party of Nepal, or Maoists, dance to a patriotic song as they block a road in Katmandu, Nepal, on Sunday, May 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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** FILE ** Former Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah is pictured during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, after announcing his decision not to participate in a runoff presidential election. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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** FILE ** Democrats stand and Republicans sit as President Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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**FILE**Transportation Security Administration's Behavior Detection Officer Terrence McClain (right) watches United Airlines passengers checking in for the morning flight at Washington's Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on April 8, 2010. (Associated Press)

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President Obama, followed by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (center) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, arrive Friday to make a statement on Iran's nuclear facility during the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. (Associated Press)

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Former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams (The Washington Times/File)

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In this file photo from Aug. 22, 2003, comedian Bill Cosby (left) joins Ben Ali (right) and Ali's wife Virginia during a celebration on the 45th anniversary of Ben's Chili Bowl Restaurant in Washington. Ben Ali, founder of the restaurant which became a Washington landmark, died Wednesday at his home in Washington. He was 82. (Associated Press)

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The Watergate Complex is seen in Washington, on Tuesday, July 21, 2009. The Watergate Hotel, part of a complex made famous by a presidential scandal, is heading to the auction block Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Norma McCorvey (bottom center) is confronted by police Sunday after marching on campus at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. At least five anti-abortion activists, including McCorvey, were led away in handcuffs Sunday from campus, where President Barack Obama was also to receive an honorary degree. (Associated Press)

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Illustration: GOP Health Care by A. HUNTER for The Washington Times.

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Illustration: FCC broadband by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times.

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Illustration: Reagan tax reform by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times.

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Former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft (The Washington Times) ** FILE **

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** FILE ** Rep. Joe Wilson, South Carolina Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (left), Kentucky Republican, listens as Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, talks to the media after the Senate Democratic caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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In this file photo, President Barack Obama waved May 17 as he arrived to deliver the commencement speech during the 2009 graduation ceremony at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. This Friday, he will address graduates of the Naval Academy. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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President Obama, chiding the Supreme Court justices sitting before him, claimed falsely during his 2009 State of the Union address that "even foreign corporations" could influence U.S. elections. (Associated Press/File)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Provost Peter Salovey center, and University President Richard Levin, left, at the Yale University commencement in New Haven, Conn. Monday, May 25, 2009. Clinton is a Yale Law School graduate and met Bill Clinton there in 1970.

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** FILE ** Rep. Randy Neugebauer, Texas Republican, is pictured on Capitol Hill in Washington in January 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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** FILE ** On March 20, 2001, President George W. Bush (right) visits the Langley, Va., headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency, where he thanked CIA employees for their service to their country and spoke of the importance of intelligence collection and analysis. At left is George J. Tenet, director of central intelligence from 1997 to 2004. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)