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**FILE** Stacks of paperwork await members of the House Agriculture Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 15, 2013, as it meets to consider proposals to the 2013 Farm Bill. (Associated Press)
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At a U.N.-sponsored school, Guor Mading meets with pupils who are curious about his improbable story of escaping the horrors of war and becoming an Olympic runner. (Photograph provided by U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees)
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A young athlete joins Guor Mading for a jog in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. (Photograph provided by U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees)
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The former Lost Boy of Sudan meets with a group of toddlers who have better prospects but still many struggles ahead. (Photograph provided by U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees)
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Sen. Susan M. Collins, Maine Republican, said employers should be allowed to calculate full-time employees based on a 40-hour workweek instead of 30 hours under the new health law. "This is not a hypothetical concern," Ms. Collins said. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Rep. Louie Gohmert, Texas Republican, leaves a tea party rally against the IRS at the U.S. Capitol in D.C. on June 19, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Activists with the Tea Party Patriots who were targeted by the IRS hold an "Audit the IRS" rally on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on June 19, 2013. (Annie Z. Yu/The Washington Times)
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**FILE** An undocumented migrant, who refused to identify himself, clings to the border as he checks on the U.S. Border Patrol from the Mexico side of the United States-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, on June 5, 2006. (Associated Press)
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Freshman Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, will be among the congressional Republicans gathering Wednesday at the Capitol for the "Audit the IRS" rally organized by the Tea Party Patriots, who want to keep reminding everyone of the agency's excruciatingly close attention to conservative groups. (Associated Press)
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People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 18, 2013. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (Associated Press)
