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Dan Danner, president of the National Federation of Independent Business, said Wednesday that the NFIB's friends in the business community and on Capitol Hill initially told him his fight to overturn the new federal health care law was quixotic. “I can tell you today that most of them are no longer saying that,” he said. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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President Abdoulaye Wade waves to supporters at a campaign rally in his hometown of Kebemer, Senegal, on Feb. 9. As Mr. Wade tries to persuade voters to give him a third term on Sunday, his age has become a campaign issue. Officially, he was born on May 29, 1926, making him 85 years old. His critics contend that he may be 90. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner testifies Feb. 16, 2012, on Capitol Hill before the House Budget Committee hearing on President Obama's fiscal 2013 federal budget. (Associated Press)
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B.B. King (left), Buddy Guy (center) and Warren Haynes perform in recognition of Black History Month on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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In this July 13, 2010, photo, Greg Casady of Council Bluffs, Iowa, holds a sign in favor of recent legislation in Arizona while demonstrating in support of recent legislation dealing with illegal immigration at the Fremont, Neb., Municipal Building. A federal judge on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, rejected a portion of the city of Fremont's ordinance that would have denied housing permits to illegal immigrants, but upheld a requirement that employers verify the citizenship status of people they hire. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Mark Davis)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS South Korean actor Cha In-pyo speaks at a rally Tuesday near the Chinese Embassy in Seoul protesting China's forced repatriation of North Korean refugees, who they fear will be executed upon their return.
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Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. (left) said a budget proposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley is too light on cuts and too heavy on spending. The Senate likely will begin debating the budget this month, Mr. Miller said. (The Washington Times)
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In this July 13, 2010, photo, Greg Casady of Council Bluffs, Iowa, holds a sign in favor of recent legislation in Arizona while demonstrating in support of recent legislation dealing with illegal immigration at the Fremont, Neb., Municipal Building. A federal judge on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, rejected a portion of the city of Fremont's ordinance that would have denied housing permits to illegal immigrants, but upheld a requirement that employers verify the citizenship status of people they hire. (AP Photo/The Omaha World-Herald, Mark Davis)
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Three unidentified women on Feb. 21, 2012, leave a house in Dayton, Texas, where 11 children — some of them reportedly found in restraints — were removed by children's protective services the previous month. (Associated Press)
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President Obama talks Feb. 21, 2012, at the White House about the importance of the payroll-tax cut and jobless-benefits extension compromise that bi-partisan House and Senate conferees reached the previous week. He is joined by people who posted comments on the White House web site about how the tax cut would affect them. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Joseph Getty (R-Carroll and Baltimore) asked several questions about amendments that the Maryland House attached to the Civil Marriage Protection Act before the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on the act Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, in Annapolis, Md. Although Mr. Getty voted against the bill, it passed by a vote of 7 to 4 and will now move to the Senate floor. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Sen. Jamie Raskin, Montgomery County Democrat, explains several of the amendments in the Civil Marriage Protection Act to his fellow Senate Judiciary Committee members before a vote on Feb. 21, 2012, in Annapolis. The committee passed the act by a vote of 7 to 4. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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North Korean defectors wearing masks to cover their faces participate Feb. 21, 2012, in a rally against the Chinese government's arrest of North Korean refugees, near the Chinese Embassy in Seoul. The protesters called for China not to send North Korean refugees back to their country, saying those refugees might be executed. (Associated Press)
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Millions of dollars forfeited by Mexican drug cartel kingpin Osiel Cardenas-Guillen, serving 25 years in prison for threatening U.S. agents, has been given to a dozen local Texas law enforcement agencies. (Associated Press)
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Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, talks Feb. 20, 2012, at the American Chamber of Commerce in Cairo. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** A person walks Feb. 15, 2012, on the University at Buffalo campus in Buffalo, N.Y. (Associated Press)
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A child cries out for her father as she pushes on a prison gate with police standing on the other side Sunday at a prison on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico, that was the scene of deadly rioting. (Associated Press)
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Jean-Marie Le Pen used his oratory skills to denounce the "decadence" of French society, promote an anti-immigration "French first" agenda and try to cast doubt upon the Holocaust. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Maggie McIntosh, Baltimore City Democrat, left, and Rep. Heather Mizeur, Montgomery Democrat, both openly gay members of the Maryland House of Delegates, speak with reporters alongside Speaker of the House of Delegates Michael Busch in Annapolis, Md., Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, after the House passed a gay marriage bill. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Washington Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg says he is good to go, 17 months removed from elbow-ligament reconstruction surgery. (Associated Press)
