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Gary Paul Wright is part a large gathering on the boardwalk in Asbury Park as the New Jersey United for Marriage campaign announces that several national groups that support recognition of same-sex marriage are teaming up in New Jersey, saying the state is primed to allow gay couples to wed. (Associated Press)
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People pass by a poster of Ukraine's imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko at a tent camp of her supporters in Kiev. Human rights groups have described the charges against Mrs. Tymoshenko as politically motivated. (Associated Press)
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"Too often, this president acts as if he is above the law. He ignores the law when it comes to his health care law; he ignores the enforcement of immigration laws; and now he is applying this approach to defense policy." — Rep. Mike Rogers, Alabama Republican and chairman of the House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces
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President Barack Obama speaks about the economy, Wednesday, July 24, 2013, at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. Seeking to focus public attention on the problem he was sent to the White House to solve, Obama is making a renewed push for policies to expand the middle class, helping people he says are still treading water years after the financial meltdown. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Then-New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner speaks during a news conference alongside his wife, Huma Abedin, at the Gay Men's Health Crisis headquarters in New York on July 23, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Topless protesters belonging to a gay, lesbian and transgender group, demonstrate near Guanabara Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Monday, July 22, 2013. Police and anti-government protesters clashed outside the palace hosting the pope's welcoming ceremony. About an hour after the pope concluded his short speech, police began cracking down on the protests, firing rubber bullets in an effort to disperse the crowd.(AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is likely to gain a Republican rival, a tea party-backed businessman, although other groups with "tea party" in their names support him. (Associated Press)
