Social Issues

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A Georgian woman speaks to police officers through a prison fence during a protest against prison abuse in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Amish enter the federal courthouse in Cleveland on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, as a jury began the fifth day of deliberations in the trial of 16 Amish accused of hate crimes in hair- and beard-cutting attacks against fellow Amish in Ohio. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin)

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"The president and his Democrat allies in Congress have sworn up and down that failing to comply with the individual mandate did not result in a tax on individuals or families. Now the nonpartisan CBO makes clear that the tax will hit 6 million Americans — mainly middle-class individuals and families," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican. (Associated Press)

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“[With] a need so great as unemployed veterans, this is not the time to draw a technical line on the budget," said Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat. (Associated Press)

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano testifies on homeland threats and agency responses in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano testifies on homeland threats and agency responses in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano testifies on homeland threats and agency responses before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Syrian refugees chant slogans to protest against the visit of Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, not pictured, to the Zaatari Refugees Camp in Jordan for Syrians who fled the civil war in their country in Mafraq, Jordan, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

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A Kashmiri Muslim protester jumps over a burning tire set up as a roadblock in Srinagar, India, on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, during a protest against a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Muslim protesters burn a U.S. flag during a protest against the film “Innocence of Muslims” that ridicules Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Monday. The film has spurred widespread protests. (Associated Press) ** FILE **