Social Issues

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** FILE ** In this Thursday, July 12, 2012, photo, a health worker from The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) health worker speaks with patients waiting for treatment in Kampala, Uganda. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera)

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**FILE** Lawrence Stallworth II (left), 20, of Cleveland, who was diagnosed with HIV at age 17, speaks July 22, 2012, on a youth panel at the International AIDS Conference in Washington. Stallworth learned he was infected with HIV at age 17, when he was a high-school senior, after a hospitalization. A black gay man, he's among one of the nation's highest-risk groups. (Associated Press)

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Illustration Empowering Workers by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

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**FILE** A statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands outside the Treasury Building in Washington on Aug. 8, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Syrian refugees arrive July 26, 2012, at the border crossing by the Iraqi town of Qaim, 200 miles (320 kilometers) west of Baghdad. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sprinter Tyson Gay was sidelined for nearly a year after having surgery on his right hip in 2011.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sprinter Tyson Gay was sidelined for nearly a year after having surgery on his right hip in 2011.

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Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, attends a news conference about the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Thursday, July 12, 2012, on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Triple jumper Voula Papachristou was removed from the Greek team by the Hellenic Olympic Committee after she posted a racist joke on Twitter. (Associated Press)

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“So where’s everyone else,” D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray seems to be wondering as he waits for others to help with the ceremonial turning of the first shovels of earth for the Community of Hope’s new Health and Resource Center in Ward 8 on Thursday. The agency helps families with health, housing and education needs. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Attorney General Eric Holder speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, July 26, 2012, where he announced the formation of a public-private partnership to fight fraud in the health care system. (Associated Press)

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Sprinter Tyson Gay was sidelined for nearly a year after having surgery on his right hip in 2011. (Associated Press)

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Former first lady Laura Bush addresses the "Leadership in the AIDS Response for Women" special session during the International AIDS Conference at the Washington Convention Center on Thursday, July 26, 2012, in Washington, D.C. The panel stressed that AIDS cannot be defeated without the empowerment of women at every level, local, national, and international. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)