Politics

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** FILE ** President Obama introduces his nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Regina M. Benjamin of Alabama, in the White House Rose Garden in 2009.

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President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Freedom to acclaimed tennis player Billie Jean King during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House, Wednesday, August 12, 2009. Among the honorees are theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the late Harvey Milk, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and actor Sidney Poitier. (Allison Shelley / The Washington Times)

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GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP -In this file photo, masked Hamas militants march during a demonstration supporting Hamas' Spiritual Leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin on January 16, 2004, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated in Gaza Strip towns and refugee camps after the Israeli deputy defense minister stated that "Yassin is marked for death" following a suicide bombing that killed three Israeli soldiers and a security officer in Gaza. (Photo by Abid Katib/Getty Images)

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Economist Paul Krugman accuses reporters of being tougher on Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton than her Republican rival, Donald Trump. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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U.S. soldiers from the 5th Striker Brigade patrol near the Sari Ghundi village along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border Monday. The administration is preparing benchmarks to test how effective President Obama's strategies are in Afghanistan and Pakistan amid growing skepticism among Democrats about the wars' prognosis and costs. (Associated Press)

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AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES The London Times' Tony Halpin suspects Russian women will be swooning over photos of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin riding horseback bare-chested.

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Khavdal Khurman worked in a Soviet run coal mine outside Naliakh, Mongolia, for 11 years. The mine was closed down in 1990 after the democratic revolution, because of safety concerns. Now he picks through the detritus from surface coal shafts for fuel to heat his ger. He survives on a small pension from the government because of mining related illness, but believes the new democracy will lead to a better life for Mongolians. (J.M. Eddins Jr. / The Washington Times)

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Former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said Monday he fears that artificial intelligence will empower America’s enemies to engage in biological warfare. (AP, file)

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Mrs. Obama called on Americans to support military families by helping with carpools, bringing them dinner or helping spouses to find a job. She called military families "quiet heroes who represent the best in our country."

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** FILE ** Gary McKinnon, shown in this file photo from 2009, is charged with breaking into computers belonging to NASA, the Department of Defense and several branches of the U.S. military. (Associated Press)

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President Obama outlined his nuclear policy in a landmark speech in 2009 in Prague, proclaiming he would seek a "world without nuclear weapons." The forthcoming Nuclear Posture Review says his administration's calculation of setting the conditions for further cuts in global nuclear arms was a failure. (Agence France-Presse/File)

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In this file photo, Jon Caldara, president of the Independence Institute, fires up the crowd at Colorado's Capitol in Denver during a 2009 rally condemning then-President Barack Obama's proposed health care plan. Mr. Caldara was recently let go from the Denver Post, where he had a regular opinion column. He says the liberal editor who terminated him did so because of his views on transgender rights issues being "insensitive." (Valerie Richardson/The Washington Times) ** FILE **

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Former Defense Secretary William S. Cohen. (Shaye A. Painter/The Washington Times/File) ** FILE **

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Agence France-Presse/Getty Images photographs "Americans now don't have to say they're from Canada" when they travel abroad, says Madeleine K. Albright, a secretary of state under President Clinton.

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Since 2004, Muslim separatists in the three provinces bordering Malaysia have been waging a fierce insurgency that has claimed more than 7,000 lives. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

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** FILE ** The F-22 Raptor, one of the world's most sophisticated stealth fighter jets, is at the center of a political battle in which President Obama wants to rein in dysfunctional federal defense-contracting practices. (Associated Press)

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) shakes hand with Myanmar's Foreign Minister Nyan Win (C) while Malaysia Foreign Minister Dato' Anifah bin Haji Aman (L) looks on during the signing of Treaty of Amity and Cooperation between the US and the Asian bloc on the Thai island of Phuket on July 22, 2009. Clinton on July 22 signed a landmark friendship pact with Southeast Asian nations. By inking the pact, Clinton is sending a strong signal of Washington's desire to deepen ties and counter China's increasing influence, diplomats have said. AFP PHOTO/POOL/PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL (Photo credit should read PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/Getty Images)