Social Issues

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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)

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, immigration rights activist and self-declared undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas, left; Jessica Vaughan, second from left, director of Policy Studies at the Center for Immigration Studies; America Online co-founder and Revolution Chief Executive Officer Steve Case, center; Chris Crane, second from right, president of the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council 118 of the American Federation of Government Employees; and Janet Murguía, right, president and chief executive officer of the National Council of La Raza, are sworn in before testifying on comprehensive immigration reform during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Georgia State University business alumnus Eric Handler (left) and business student Courtney Foy (right) take an immersion course from Marines at Quantico, Va., on how to make ethical, life-and-death decisions. (Kristina Wong/the Washington Times)

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**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on Feb. 12, 2013, prior to President Obama's State of the Union address. (Associated Press)