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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, criticizes U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder as he speaks to activists from America's political right at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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** FILE ** In this undated file photo provided by the California Department of Corrections, Wesley Shermantine is shown. Information provided by the California death row inmate who was one of the two notorious "Speed Freak Killers" led to the discovery Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, of a second set of human remains. (AP Photo/California Department of Corrections, File)
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Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana addresses activists from America's political right at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley testifies in support of a same-sex marriage bill during a committee hearing in Annapolis on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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**FILE** Rep. Allen West, Florida Republican, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington on Feb. 10, 2012. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** President Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, announces Feb. 10, 2012, at the White House the revamp of his contraception policy requiring religious institutions to fully pay for birth control. (Associated Press)
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell speaks Feb. 10, 2012, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell speaks Feb. 10, 2012, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell speaks Feb. 10, 2012, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, signs Feb. 10, 2012, the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012 in the Oval Office of the White House. The bill, which gives law enforcement greater authority to combat illicit drug trafficking on U.S. borders, is the last piece of legislation that Giffords sponsored and voted on. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** President Obama speaks Feb. 9, 2012, about flexibility for states with the No Child Left Behind law at the White House. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, to criticize President Barack Obama for insisting that employers must provide health insurance that includes birth control for women. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Commuters wait for the first train after a five-hour work stoppage by urban rail workers, as all other public transport employees are on a 48-hour strike, in Athens on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican and chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee (J.M. Eddins/The Washington Times)
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Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican, speaks Feb. 9, 2012, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in D.C. The annual political conference draws thousands of supporters and prominent conservative figures. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney tried to attract voters more interested in social issues before Tuesday's contests in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado. He failed to win any of the three. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican and chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, says President Obama must be ousted in the next election because of government overreach, such as in higher education. (J.M. Eddins/The Washington Times)
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Gov. Chris Gregoire, right, looks on at a House floor debate on gay marriage with Sen. Ed Murray, left, and Sen. Lisa Brown from the wings Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, in Olympia, Wash. Lawmakers legalized gay marriage in Washington state, making it the seventh state in the nation to allow same-sex couples to wed. Democratic Gov. Gregoire is likely to sign the bill next week. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Deputy James Mee, who is Jewish, claims he suffered religious discrimination by superiors at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after arresting actor Mel Gibson in 2006. (Associated Press)
