Politics

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Wholesale cigarette distributor Phil Sealey (right) of Cumberland, R.I., participates in a rally to protest increased cigarette taxes outside the State House in Providence, R.I., March 31. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** President Barack Obama just got back from his first trip to Europe since taking office. (Getty Images)

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Conservatives took issue with President Obama's deep bow to Saudi Arabian King Abdullah during the Group of 20 summit in London last week. "In short, he surrendered our country's ideals, offering up our principles for sacrifice on the altar of Otherness," Jeff Goldstein wrote at Protein Wisdom. (Associated Press)

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Saudi women look at jewelry at a gold fair last month in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Female activists in the religiously conservative kingdom are hoping for more rights in a country where women are segregated from men in nearly all aspects of public life. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times ONLINE: President Obama fields questions from the public both on the Internet and in person during a special town-hall-style meeting Thursday in the East Room of the White House, where one of the top topics was the legalization of marijuana.

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With .50-caliber rifle in the foreground, Tom Diaz, senior policy analyst, Violence Policy Center, right, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 12, 2009, before the House National Security and Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on U.S.-Mexico border violence. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

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President Barack Obama, accompanied by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 25, 2009, to meet with senators to discuss his budget. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the U.S. is creating contingency plans to respond to a border threat should Mexico fail in its war against drug cartels. (Associated Press)

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A Mexican marine patrols near the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, on March 18, 2009. The administration of President Obama is preparing to send federal agents to the U.S.-Mexico border as reinforcements in the fight against Mexican drug cartels. The Obama administration is preparing to send federal agents to the US-Mexico border as reinforcements in the fight against Mexican drug cartels. (Associated Press)

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A protesters signals approval as other protesters representing Code Pink unfurl a banner on an overpass above the passing marchers near the Pentagon, Saturday, March 21, 2009. (Allison Shelley/The Washington Times)

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Mauricio Funes, presidential candidate of the Farbundo Marti National Liberation Front party (FMLN), gestures as he gives his victory speech after winning the election in San Salvador, Sunday, March 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Luis Romero)

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** FILE ** A South Korean army officer stands guard at the Inter-Korean Transit Office in Paju, South Korea, near North Korea's border city of Kaesong, on Sunday, March 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Jim Cramer (left), host of CNBC's "Mad Money" show, talks with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart." (Associated Press)

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People wait in line outside the U.S. Passport Office in downtown Washington in this file photo. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** In this photo from Oct. 2, 2000, Anna Nicole Smith (right) smiles as she walks to the courthouse with her attorney Howard K. Stern in Houston.

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Associated Press File Former Capitals left wing Donald Brashear fights with Predators right wing Wade Belak.

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** FILE ** President Barack Obama is applauded by members of Congress, and others, after signing an Executive Order on stem cells and a Presidential Memorandum on scientific integrity, Monday, March 9, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)