Politics

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** FILE ** This 2009 file photo shows Iranian women lining up to cast their vote in the country's contentious presidential elections. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Former President George H.W. Bush (center) is joined by his sons, former President George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, as he recounts Friday's birthday jump with the Army Golden Knights parachute team to celebrate his 85th birthday. (Associated Press)

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getty images photographs More than 2.5 million people have been driven into refugee camps as a result of the Sudanese government's scorched-earth policy in the troubled Darfur region. The policy has flattened villages and killed about 300,000 people.

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** FILE ** Brazilian sailors recover debris from the missing Air France Airbus jet in the Atlantic Ocean in June 2009 in this photo released by the Brazilian air force. (AP Photo)

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Ronald Reagan, attended by his wife, Nancy, is sworn in as the 40th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 1981, with a vow to ferret out waste and mismanagement in the federal government. (AP Photo)

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A Tiananmen rebel exiled in Taiwan, renowned for his courage, charisma and extraordinary personal narrative, has declared his candidacy for a seat as an independent in the island democracy's parliament called the Legislative Yuan.

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President Obama touring the Great Pyramids of Giza after his speech in Cairo to the Muslim world on June 4, 2009. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

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RFK Stadium (The Washington Times/File)

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In this Aug. 17, 2006, file photo, Glen Brown, 65, from D.C., passes by the Rock & Roll Hotel, a formal funeral home that was transformed into a bar and concert venue as part of a redevelopment of H street. (Nancy Pastor/The Washington Times )

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AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES President Obama orders cheeseburgers at a Five Guys restaurant in Washington on Friday during a surprise lunch stop that his spokesman attributed to hunger and not an appetite for the cameras following him.

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** FILE ** Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (left) with then-Virginia gubernatorial hopeful Bob McDonnell in May 2009.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio (left) and Gov. Charlie Crist were cordial to each other earlier this month, but some supporters of Mr. Rubio's Senate bid are angry at the NRSC for favoring Mr. Crist.

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Hillary Clinton would go back to school, but in name only, under a plan devised by a controversial donor. While she was serving as secretary of state, Bernard Schwartz proposed renaming New York's Baruch College School of Public Affairs the "Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Public and International Affairs."

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Actor Gary Sinise met with The Washington Times on Monday, May 25, 2009 before emceeing the Memorial Day parade downtown. Mr. Sinise discussed his active role in supporting the troops. He said he doesn't consider himself a political activist, but rather a concerned citizen who wants to help. (Barbara L. Salisbury / The Washington Times)

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The African-American Civil War Memorial at Vermont Avenue and U Street Northwest marks the service of more than 200,000 black troops in the Civil War.

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Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney listens to testimony on employment at a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee, which she chairs. Democrats on the House Oversight and Reform Committee want to claw back $21 million in excess profits from a spare parts manufacturer who they say has repeatedly fleeced the Pentagon. (Getty Images)