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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell waves to legislators after he addressed a joint meeting of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance committees at the Capitol Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 in Richmond, Va. McDonnell delivered his 2013 budget reccomendations to the committees. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Legislators look over the 2013 Virignia budget as well as related materials as Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell addresses a joint meeting of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance committees at the Capitol Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 in Richmond, Va (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell acknowledges the applause as as he arrives to address a joint meeting of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance committees at the Capitol Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 in Richmond, Va. McDonnell delivered his 2013 budget before the committees. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell acknowledges the applause as he arrives to address a joint meeting of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance committees at the Capitol on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Richmond. Mr. McDonnell delivered his 2013 budget before the committees. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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** FILE ** Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell gestures as he addresses a joint meeting of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance committees at the Capitol on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Richmond. Mr. McDonnell delivered his 2013 budget proposals to the committees. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Delegate Lacey Putney, the House Appropriations Committee chairman, and Delegate William Howell (right), the House speaker, listen as Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell addresses a joint meeting of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance committees at the Capitol on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Richmond. The governor delivered his 2013 budget proposals to the committees. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell kisses his wife, Maureen, after he addressed a joint meeting of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance committees at the Capitol on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Richmond. Mr. McDonnell delivered his 2013 budget proposals to the committees. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Mark Sorrentino of Naugatuck, Conn., pays his respects near a U.S. flag with the names of the school-shooting victims on a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Ryan Bartolotta (right), 17, and Ray Massi, 18, relight candles that were put out by rain at a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, as the town mourns the victims of Friday's school shooting. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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A man walks with flowers in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, as the town mourns those killed in Friday's school shooting. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Names of victims hang on a U.S. flag on a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, as the town mourns those killed in Friday's school shooting. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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A man pays his respects near a U.S. flag with the names of victims on a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, as the town mourns victims of Friday's school shooting. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Ryan Bartolotta, 17, picks up a candle to drain out rainwater and light it on a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, as the town mourns victims of the school shooting. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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A woman puts a photo of a child on a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, as the town mourns victims of the school shooting. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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A snowflake ornament with the name of 6-year-old Jack Pinto hangs on a Christmas tree at a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, as the town mourns victims killed in Friday's school shooting. Jack, who was killed when gunman Adam Lanza opened fire inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School, will be buried Monday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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People inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in al-Mouafaqiyah, Iraq, a village inhabited by families from the Shabak ethnic group, near the city of Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. (AP Photo)

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Varinder Singh of the Queens borough of New York joins a group of Sikhs from around the Northeast in a moment of prayer on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in Newtown, Conn., as a memorial service is broadcast over a loudspeaker outside Newtown High School for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. (AP Photo/David Goldman)