Politics

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**FILE** Washington Redskins' Clinton Portis carries a flag bearing the number of slain fellow player Sean Taylor as the Washington Redskins host the New York Giants at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., Sunday. (Michael Connor / The Washington Times)

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Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi is surrounded by journalists during the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) meeting Saturday in Cairo, Egypt. OPEC oil ministers downplayed expectations of, but didn't dismiss outright, an immediate output cut as they faced a third test in as many months of their ability to engineer a rebound in oil prices. (Associated Press)

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Taj Mahal hotel employees comfort each other after being rescued. A group calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the attacks. (Associated Press)

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GETTY IMAGES Police keep watch in Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday in New York. The FBI and Homeland Security Department downplayed the seriousness of a terrorist threat to transit systems.

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Rusty Humphries' World Famous Flash Cooked Roast Turkey recipe -- politics included. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman listens as Gov. Ruth Ann Minner appoints him Monday to fill the Senate seat Joseph Biden as he leaves for the vice presidency in Wilmington, Del. Kaufman, a former aide to Biden, is president of a political and management consulting firm based in Wilmington. (Associated Press/The News Journal)

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BARBARA L. SALISBURY/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Jim Hewes, a bartender for about 22 years at the Willard InterContinental's Round Robin Bar, researched the drinking habits of U.S. presidents to come up with a signature drink for each. A favorite of President Millard Fillmore was the brandy crusta (left). George Washington (right) preferred a blend of Madeira wine with fruit brandies and rye whiskey.

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** FILE ** Sen. Ted Stevens, Alaska Republican, talks with reporters on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo)

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Pakistani officials get ready on Nov. 17, 2008 near Peshawar to escort trucks carrying supplies for NATO and U.S. forces to neighboring Afghanistan through Pakistan's Khyber Pass, an increasingly perilous 30-mile stretch. (Associated Press)

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President-elect Barack Obama (right) meets with Sen. John McCain on Nov. 17 at Obama's transition office in downtown Chicago. (Associated Press)

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Marines of the 1st Force Service Supply Group Forward respond to reports of an Iraqi force preparing to advance on them from the south during a sandstorm in southern Iraq on March 25, 2003. President Bush's legacy depends on a positive outcome in Iraq. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)

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Then-President Bush speaks to rescue workers, firefighters and police officers from the rubble of ground zero in New York City three days after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Retired firefighter Bob Beckwith and then-New York Gov. George Pataki join the president. (Getty Images) ** FILE **

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In this 2002 file photo, President Bush holds his Scottish terrier Barney as he and first lady Laura Bush walk to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Boston Celtics public relations director Heather Walker acknowledged a published report Friday that Barney bit her wrist and drew blood as she tried to pat the Scottish terrier after a White House ceremony honoring the team's 17th NBA championship. (Associated Press)

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Rachel Smith, 32, of Richmond, looks over shotguns at the Bob Moates sport shop in Richmond, Va., on Thursday. Smith, the mother of five children and an avid hunter plans to purchase several guns before President-elect Obama takes office. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Curtis Irwin holds a .50 caliber rifle to show at a gun shop in Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday. The Cheaper Than Dirt gun store recorded a record day of gun sales the day after the election of President-elect Barack Obama and is since having trouble keeping up with the demand for assault rifles. (Associated Press)