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**FILE** President Richard M. Nixon is shown at his desk in the White House on Feb. 16, 1969. On Aug. 9, 1974, Nixon would go down in history as the only U.S. president to resign. (Associated Press)
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Vote harvesting occurs when third parties — like campaign workers — collect absentee ballots from voters and deliver them to election officials. (Associated Press, File)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. makes a point at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla.
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** FILE ** Then-Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama plays basketball with the University of North Carolina's Jack Wooten in Chapel Hill, N.C., on April 29. (Associated Press)
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A U.S. Secret Service officer watches the crowd who wait to shake Sen. Biden's hand after the rally. (Mary F. Calvert/The Washington Times)
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College Republicans from the University of Missouri at Columbia, Mo. show their support for John McCain outside the site of a rally for Sen. Joe Biden, D-De, Thursday. The parking lot in the background refused parking access to attendees. (Mary F. Calvert / The Washington Times)
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Duncan D. Hunter (right) served his second tour in Iraq near Fallujah in 2004. He retired as a captain from the Marine Corps Reserves and is running for his father's House seat. PHOTOGRAPH PROVIDED BY Duncan D. Hunter for Congress.
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AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES 'GROWING': Khat is common and socially acceptable in East African countries and thought to be smuggled into the U.S. to finance terrorist organizations. D.C. authorities are hoping to change the legal status of the drug.
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Billy Graham listens during a dedication ceremony for the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C., in 2008. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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George Stephanopoulos, chief Washington correspondent for ABC News and anchor of the Sunday-morning political- affairs program "This Week With George Stephanopoulos"
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Getty Images Officials from the International Monetary Fund - who were visiting the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik, on other business - met with government officials about the economic crisis. Iceland, which has not decided whether to seek IMF help, has a long economic reach because of global investments.
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Associated Press Bill Ayers
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About 20,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan will be transferred from NATO to direct American command in a bid to improve the training and coordination of the Afghan military and police, Pentagon officials announced Monday. Associated Press.
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**FILE** House Financial Services Committee ranking Rep. Spencer Bachus (right), Alabama Republican, speaks Oct. 2, 2008, during a news conference on the financial market turmoil on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)
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Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia has sent a letter to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. urging him to back off his attempt to restore the so-called "assault weapons" ban of 1994. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
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Barbara Davidson/The Washington Times.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., and his vice presidential running mate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., appear together Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES China's state television recorded North Korea demolishing its Yongbyon nuclear cooling tower on June 27, 2008. North Korea Wednesday began banning U.N. nuclear inspectors from its main plutonium reprocessing plant. **FILE**
