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A protest march organized by the Service Employees International Union winds through downtown on to I St. NW on the way to join an Occupy DC protest on K St. NW in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 7, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee defends his "Holiday Tree" declaration by saying it simply honors the state's origins as a sanctuary for religious diversity. "Use of the term 'holiday tree' is a continuation of past practice," he said. (Associated Press)

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Christian contemporary singer Michael W. Smith performs at Sean Hannity's Holiday Concert Salute to the Troops fundraiser on Capitol Hill on Saturday night. (Trish Keene)

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A crowd gathers during the Occupy L.A. protest in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. Officers began a raid on the camp early Wednesday, two days after a deadline passed for protesters to clear out. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

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Protesters condemn the weekend NATO strikes on Pakistani border posts as they demonstrate in Lahore, Pakistan, on Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)

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Wall Street protesters dance to music as they remain at the camp in front of Los Angeles City Hall in Los Angeles on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa stated Friday that the protesters' campsite will be dismantled, beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

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Ten immigrants from the former Soviet Union, six of them Jewish, were injured in an explosion that tore through the entrance tunnel to a central Duesseldorf commuter train station on July 27, 2000. (Associated Press)

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The Rev. Michael Ssenfuma, a visiting Catholic priest from Uganda, says Mass at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Montgomery, Ala., on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011, the day Catholics nationwide began using a new translation of the Roman missal. (AP Photo/David Bundy)

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Pilgrims and tourists visit the Church of the Nativity, believed by many to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Defected army soldiers stand guard on a vehicle while protesters march during a demonstration demanding the prosecution of Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on Nov. 24, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Protesters, including a wounded man, chant slogans and wave Egyptian national flags during a rally in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov. 25, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Del. Rob Bell, Albemarle Republican, carries papers and boxes out of the House of Delegates chambers after the House adjourned for the 2009 session in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Volunteer Emmy Ridings, 8, wheels a dessert cart through the Salvation Army Community Thanksgiving dinner at the First Presbyterian Church in Winchester, Va., Thursday Nov. 24, 2011. Nearly 1,000 meals were served during the dinner. (AP Photo/The Winchester Star, Scott Mason)

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Central Union Mission staffer and former client Michelangelo Payne runs boxes of fresh fruit over to the Mount Gilead Baptist Church on 13th Street Northwest. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Michelangelo Payne offers cookies to Carlos Manuel Lopez, 3, as he makes his rounds cleaning up and organizing things at Mount Gilead Baptist Church. The mission's current programs serve homeless men; underprivileged women, children and seniors; veterans and the growing needs of the city's Hispanic community. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Occupy Boston protesters gather Oct. 5, 2011, outside a building in the Financial district in Boston as law enforcement officials look on at left. (Associated Press)

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A protester gestures to Egyptian riot police during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Nov. 23, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Humorist Mark Twain observed, "No man's life, liberty or property is safe while Congress is in session."

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Humorist Mark Twain observed, "No man's life, liberty or property is safe while Congress is in session."

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Protesters demonstrate during clashes with Egyptian riot police near Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square on Tuesday. Concessions by the ruling military on turning over power to a civilian government were immediately rejected by protesters, who threatening a "second revolution." (Associated Press)