Social Issues

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Sgt. Michael Murphy, a reconnaissance Marine with Force Reconnaissance Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force, poses as he jumps out of a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter Jan. 22. (Credit: U.S. Marine Corps)

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** FILE ** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, holds a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, March 7, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Jessica Allen Jessica Allen takes care of her wounded husband, Chaz, while also tending to their children and earning a living as a tax preparer. “You feel like you’re out in the middle of the ocean, and you feel like you’re treading water. It’s exhausting, I’m not going to lie,” she said.

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From left, Diane Millich, a member of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe in Colorado and domestic abuse survivor, Attorney General Eric Holder, Vice President Joseph R. Biden and Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, listens to President Obama speaks at the Interior Department in Washington on March 7, 2013, before signing of the Violence Against Women Act. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, accompanied by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, speaks Feb. 20, 2013, about the federal health care overhaul during a news conference at City Hall in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)

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Recording executive Jimmy Nichols speaks during a memorial service for country singer Mindy McCready on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. McCready committed suicide Feb. 17 in Heber Springs, Ark. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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A squirrel takes shelter from the snow under a tree in Fairfax, Va., on March 6, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Stuart Bowen, special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, gestures during an interview in his office in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s new book is “Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution.” (Associated Press)

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Among James Franco’s projects are “Howl,” about gay Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, and “About Cherry,” a drama also starring Ashley Hinshaw centered on a troubled young woman who gets involved in pornography. (Sundance Film Festival via Associated Press)