Social Issues

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President Obama speaks about strengthening the economy for the middle class and the nation's struggle with gun violence at an appearance at Hyde Park Academy on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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A doctor treats a Pakistani boy who was injured in a suicide bombing, at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Feb. 1, 2013. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Passengers from the disabled Carnival Triumph cruise ship arrive by bus at the Hilton Riverside Hotel in New Orleans on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. The ship had been idled for nearly a week in the Gulf of Mexico following an engine-room fire. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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President Obama gestures during a speech on education on Feb. 14, 2013, at the Decatur Community Recreation Center in Decatur, Ga. The president is traveling to promote his economic and educational plan that he highlighted in his State of the Union address. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Speaker of the House John Boehner, Ohio Republican, responds to President Obama's State of the Union speech during an interview with The Associated Press at his Capitol office in Washington on Feb. 13, 2013. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Social Security Administration Commissioner Michael J. Astrue speaks at a news conference on the Social Security and Medicare trustees report at the Treasury Department in Washington on Aug. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)