Social Issues

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Gen. Mark A. Welsh III (right), the Air Force chief of staff, and Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley (left) appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. Besides funding for next year's Pentagon budget, the Air Force is dealing with controversy over sexual assaults and how the military justice system handles it. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Hungry passers-by who stopped for lunch saw signs directing them to information on the protest against the city's plans to limit the number of spots they can park in.

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Fans of independent filmmaker Dennis Michael Lynch say his new documentary revealing the toll of amnesty is effective enough to "kill the immigration bill."

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A protester for immigration reform holds a sign during a rally at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta on April 10, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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The former Woodmont Academy in Lisbon, Md., is the proposed site for development by a Muslim group. Although the debate is about zoning, a perception of religious discrimination is never far from discussion. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Soldiers gather at the scene of a suicide car bomb blast in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Sunday, May 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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Chinese people wear face masks with "No to Kunming PX," paraxylene, written, chant slogans as they hold protest against a planned refinery project in downtown Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan province Saturday, May 4, 2013. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Egyptians, mostly ultraconservative protesters, shout slogans in front of the state security headquarters in Cairo on May 2, 2013. Several hundreds protested against what they said is a return by Egypt's State Security to old practices before the 2011 revolution. Arabic on the flag reads, "No God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger." (Associated Press)