Social Issues

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President Obama speaks at the opening of the Conference on Bullying Prevention in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, March, 10, 2011. The president said he was bullied as a child because of his big ears and his name. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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**FILE** Saudi Shi'ite protesters hold Saudi flags and portraits of unidentified Saudi Shi'ite prisoners during a demonstration in Qatif, Saudi Arabia, on March 9, 2011. Activists in Saudi Arabia's Shi'ite Muslim minority have issued Internet calls for a "Day of Rage." (Associated Press)

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Opponents to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers have retaken the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

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Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (left), Juneau Republican, and Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca (right), Kenosha Democrat, exchange words during a Mar. 9 conference committee at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (Associated Press)

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Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, left, R-Juneau, along with Rep. Scott Suder, third from left, R-Abbotsford, Rep. Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, walks away after a conference committee was adjourned at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, March 9, 2011, where a stripped down budget bill was introduced. Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, right, D-Kenosha is at right. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

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Opponents of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's budget repair bill, including C.J. Terrell demonstrate outside the senate parlor at the Wisconsin State Capitol Building as legislators inside voted to move forward on an amended version of the controversial bill Wednesday, March 9, 2011. The new bill removes the fiscal elements from the bill and strips public employees of collective bargaining rights. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart)

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Tears roll down the face of Liz Sanger of Madison, Wis., after the state Senate passed the budget repair bill following a meeting of a state Legislature conference committee at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Wednesday evening, March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, M.P. King)

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Union supporter Stanley Minnick of Madison, Wis., protests outside of the the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Thursday morning March 10, 2011, in opposition to the governor's proposed budget to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

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Alejandro N. Mayorkas is director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service. (Associated Press)

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A "mistake-free death penalty system" isn't possible, said Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, says President Obama's idea of a pay freeze is not a freeze because it allows for step increases for federal employees. (Associated Press)

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Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (second from left), North Dakota Republican, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (second from right), Massachusetts Democrat, leave the Senate chamber at the Capitol Wednesday after voting on the spending bill. Late Wednesday, the Senate rejected competing Republican and Democratic spending bills. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, left, talks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, right, before Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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In this picture taken Tuesday March 8, 2011, a Chinese man enters a community clinic for medical treatment in downtown Beijing, China. Eight million more Chinese will be covered by the urban basic health insurance in 2011, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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Staff Sgt. Robin Duncan-Chisolm enjoys time with her son, Seth, in Upper Marlboro, Md. She was deployed to Iraq last year with the District of Columbia National Guard while she was getting a divorce, which kept her worried about keeping custody of him. (Associated Press)