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President Barack Obama speaks about his Promise Zones Initiative, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Also on stage are representatives and community members from each of the five Zones. The Promise Zone Initiative is part of a plan to create a better bargain for the middle-class by partnering with local communities and businesses to create jobs, increase economic security, expand educational opportunities, increase access to quality, affordable housing and improve public safety. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama speaks about his Promise Zones Initiative, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The Promise Zone Initiative is part of a plan to create a better bargain for the middle-class by partnering with local communities and businesses to create jobs, increase economic security, expand educational opportunities, increase access to quality, affordable housing and improve public safety. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
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This December 2013 photo provided by Justin Carroll shows adopted children in Kinshasa, Congo whose parents are awaiting exit permits to bring them to their new homes in the U.S. Until a suspension was announced in September 2013, the Congo had been viewed by adoption advocates in the U.S. as a promising option at a time when the overall number of international adoptions has been plummeting. The Congo accounted for the sixth highest number of adoptions by Americans in 2012 _ 240 children in all, up from 41 in 2010 and 133 in 2011. (AP Photo/Justin Carroll)
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This Dec. 7, 2013 photo provided by the family shows Mantuel family siblings, from left, Madeline, 6; Moses, 2, and Micah, 4, in Holly Springs, Ga. The Mauntels adopted Moses from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and were able to bring him home to Atlanta in October 2013. Until a suspension was announced in September 2013, the Congo had been viewed by adoption advocates in the U.S. as a promising option at a time when the overall number of international adoptions has been plummeting. (AP Photo/Mike Mantuel)
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President Barack Obama winks at Kiara Molina, 14, of Harlem, with the Harlem Children's Zone Promise Academy, as she introduces him as "my President," at an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, where the president spoke about the Promise Zones Initiative. The Promise Zone Initiative is part of a plan to create a better bargain for the middle-class by partnering with local communities and businesses to create jobs, increase economic security, expand educational opportunities, increase access to quality, affordable housing and improve public safety. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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President Barack Obama speaks about his Promise Zones Initiative, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The Promise Zone Initiative is part of a plan to create a better bargain for the middle-class by partnering with local communities and businesses to create jobs, increase economic security, expand educational opportunities, increase access to quality, affordable housing and improve public safety. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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House Speaker Frank Chopp, D-Seattle, left, talks with hands with House minority leader Dan Kristiansen, R-Snohomish, center, and Senate minority leader Sharon Nelson, D-Maury Island, right, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at the start of the AP Legislative Preview in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
