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**FILE** A Somali internally-displaced child looks out from her family's makeshift home in Maslah camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, on Nov. 29, 2012. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, touts his 2012 federal budget during an April 5, 2011, news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)
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“We’re just saying that if you’re going to take away the Second Aamendment rights … they ought to have it adjudicated, rather than mandated by someone who’s unqualified to state that they should lose their rights.”— Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican (Associated Press)
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D.C. Police Chief Cathy L Lanier, with Mayor Vincent C. Gray, discusses an initiative for phone-service carriers to disable stolen smartphones as soon as the theft is reported. Chief Lanier is a leading advocate of the FCC-coordinated program. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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In this Nov. 16, 2012, photo, Lou Wegner, the founder of Kids Against Animal Cruelty, poses for a photo with his rescued his dogs, from left, Kippy, Draco, Pearl and Henry in Burbank, Calif. Lou, a 16-year-old actor and singer from Columbus, Ohio, started Kids Against Animal Cruelty when he was 14. The organization, which uses social networking to encourage adoptions at high-kill animal shelters, has helped 20,000 pets escape euthanasia in two years. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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** FILE ** Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida is chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. (Associated Press)
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President Obama, seen here Nov. 16 with House Speaker John A. Boehner, are likely to disagree on the implementation of the president’s signature health care law. The measure expands Medicaid, the federal-state health program for low-income people, but cost-wary states must decide whether to take the deal. (Associated Press)
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President Obama, seen here Nov. 16 with House Speaker John A. Boehner, are likely to disagree on the implementation of the president’s signature health care law. The measure expands Medicaid, the federal-state health program for low-income people, but cost-wary states must decide whether to take the deal. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** With fellow Republican Sen. John Thune of South Dakota (left) and others looking on, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky outlines Republicans' stance on negotiations with the president and Hill Democrats on the "fiscal cliff" on Nov. 27, 2012. (Associated Press)
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President Obama gestures as he speaks at The Rodon Group manufacturing facility, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, in Hatfield, Pa. Obama spoke at the toy company about how middle class Americans would see their taxes go up if Congress fails to act to extend the middle class tax cuts. (AP Photo/The Philadelphia Inquirer, Michael S. Wirtz)
