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T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times From left, Reps. Louie Gohmert of Texas and Dan Lungren of California listen Wednesday as fellow Republican Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas speaks in support of issuing a subpoena to the Department of Homeland Security.
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"We don't have to sit back and allow a minority in the Congress, known as the tea party, to dominate the discussion in our households," Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis recently said.
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"Why would DHS want to keep this information from the committee? If there is nothing to hide, why wouldn't they provide Congress with these documents? Are administration officials concerned that the requested information will show that illegal and criminal immigrants intentionally released by ICE have gone on to commit more crimes?" — Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, Texas Republican
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President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, where he signed a proclamation designating Fort Monroe as a national monument. Fort Monroe was the third-oldest Army post in continuous active service and is an important part of the history of slavery, the Civil War and the U.S. military. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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More than 5,000 Syrian refugees have fled to Lebanon and Turkey since March, but Syria reportedly is planting land mines along border areas, a sign of its isolation. (Associated Press)
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Parliament member Milena Apostolaki reacts during a speech by Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to Socialist lawmakers in Athens on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Eurokinissi, Tatiana Bolari)
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A U.S. soldier checks the damage at offices of the U.N.'s refugee agency, the UNHCR, caused by a suicide bomber in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Oct. 31, 2011. The attack killed four people and severely damaged the U.N. agency's building, Afghan officials said. (Associated Press)
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Prince William County Commonwealth's Attorney Paul B. Ebert (right) called it a "tragic case all around." Mr. Ebert said he could remember past cases against illegal immigrants in which charges were dropped on the condition that the accused be deported — only to have them return soon afterward. "I don't concern myself with the immigration status anymore," he said. "We have to enforce the laws whether they're illegal immigrants or not." Ronald Reed looks on. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Increasing LGBT marriages mean "we have a great opportunity to place children without a family into happy homes," Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand says. (Associated Press)
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"I have never sexually harassed anyone," GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain said during a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington on Monday. The Republican hopeful answered questions about his 9-9-9 tax plan, restated his stance on abortion and denied allegations of sexual harassment. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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Newly born babies lie at a government hospital in Hyderabad, India, on Monday. Already the second most populous country with 1.2 billion people, India is expected to overtake China around 2030 when its population soars to an estimated 1.6 billion. (Associated Press)
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:Protesters scuffle with riot police in Athens on Friday during a march marking the 71st anniversary of Greece's entry into World War II. Greek anger against harsh austerity measures have been targeted at the ruling Socialists, who are under pressure to appease international creditors. (Associated Press)
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US soldiers secure the site of a suicide car bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. A suicide car bomber struck a NATO convoy on the outskirts of Kabul on Saturday, a U.S. official says all 13 NATO service members killed in a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital were American troops. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which also killed four Afghans, including a policeman. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)
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"We are excited about being able to offer people better Medicare at less cost. That just makes sense," said Dr. Donald M. Berwick, administrator for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Gary E. Johnson vows to submit a balanced budget his first year in the White House, a budget he said would amount to a 43 percent spending cut. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Andrea Moton (left) and another abortion clinic worker, Sherry West (right), pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in two deaths at a Philadelphia clinic, where seven babies were said to have been killed with scissors and a woman died from a drug overdose. (Associated Press)
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A human hairball from the exhibit "Visibly Human: Health and Disease in the Human Body" at National Museum of Health and Medicine. (National Museum of Health and Medicine)
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Elephantiasis scrotum from the exhibit "Visibly Human: Health and Disease in the Human Body" at the National Museum of Health and Medicine. (National Museum of Health and Medicine)
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Myrtilla Miner Elementary School student London Gray, 5, tries out some traditional Swedish food in the cafeteria as H.R.H. Prince Daniel of Sweden makes a visit to Myrtilla Miner Elementary School in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 26, 2011. The Embassies of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden along with the D.C. Public Schools Office of Food & Nutrition Services, the Office of Secretary for the District of Columbia and the DC Embassy Adoption Program, bring Nordic food to all 45,000 D.C. Public School students at 125 schools. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
