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**FILE** President Obama greets Gail O'Brien, from Keene, N.H., in the back yard of a private residence in Falls Church, Va., on Sept. 22 to discuss the Patient's Bill of Rights and health care reform. Earlier this year, Ms. O'Brien was diagnosed with high grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and had no health insurance. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Sen. John McCain (center) leads a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday prior to the Senate vote on the defense authorization bill. From left: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. Lamar Alexander, Sen. John Cornyn, Sen. John Thune and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Sen. John McCain (center) leads a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday prior to the Senate vote on the defense authorization bill. From left: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. Lamar Alexander, Sen. John Cornyn, Sen. John Thune and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW FOCUS: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says her department is trying to use its limited resources to deport illegal immigrants with long criminal records.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS First lady Michelle Obama addresses the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Public Policy Conference in Washington on Tuesday.
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**FILE** Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. (The Washington Times) ** FILE **
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Foreign workers and their children gather Aug. 1 in Tel Aviv following the Israeli government's decision to deport illegal migrants and their families. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, voted against advancing the bill that would have repealed "don't ask, don't tell" because Democrats would not agree to extend debate so that her GOP colleagues could weigh in on other issues. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Police officers detain Russian gay rights activist Nikolai Alexeyev during a rally near city hall in Moscow, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. Moscow police has dispersed a gay rally and detained activists protesting homophobic policies of Moscow authorities. Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has called homosexuals "satanic" and routinely thwarted their attempts to hold a gay pride in Moscow. Police officers detained on Tuesday at least a dozen activists in a Moscow square near the city hall minutes after they brought out a papier-mache mummy that resembled Luzhkov and unfurled posters ridiculing him. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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Police officers detain Russian gay rights activist Nikolai Alexeyev during a rally near city hall in Moscow, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. Moscow police has dispersed a gay rally and detained activists protesting homophobic policies of Moscow authorities. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
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Police officers detain gay rights activists during a rally near city hall in Moscow, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. Moscow police has dispersed a gay rally and detained activists protesting homophobic policies of Moscow authorities. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
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Police officer detains a gay rights activist during a rally near city hall in Moscow, Tuesday, Sept., 21, 2010. Moscow police has dispersed a gay rally and detained activists protesting homophobic policies of Moscow authorities. Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has called homosexuals "satanic" and routinely thwarted their attempts to hold a gay pride in Moscow. Police officers detained on Tuesday at least a dozen activists in a Moscow square near the city hall minutes after they brought out a papier-mache mummy that resembled Luzhkov and unfurled posters ridiculing him. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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Police officers detain a russian gay rights activist Nikolai Alexeyev holding a puppet of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov during a rally near city hall in Moscow, Tuesday, Sept., 21, 2010. Moscow police has dispersed a gay rally and detained activists protesting homophobic policies of Moscow authorities. Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has called homosexuals "satanic" and routinely thwarted their attempts to hold a gay pride in Moscow. Police officers detained on Tuesday at least a dozen activists in a Moscow square near the city hall minutes after they brought out a papier-mache mummy that resembled Luzhkov and unfurled posters ridiculing him. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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Police officers detain gay rights activists during a rally near city hall in Moscow, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. Moscow police has dispersed a gay rally and detained activists protesting homophobic policies of Moscow authorities. (AP Photo / Sergey Ponomarev)
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Police officers detain gay rights activists during a rally near city hall in Moscow, Tuesday, Sept., 21, 2010. Moscow police has dispersed a gay rally and detained activists protesting homophobic policies of Moscow authorities. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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Recording artist Lady Gaga speaks at a rally in support of repealing the so-called "don't ask, don't tell" law, in Portland, Maine, on Monday, September 20, 2010. The current law bars gays and lesbians from openly serving in the military, and a spokesperson said that Lady Gaga wants Maine's Republican senators to cast votes this week to help repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
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Recording artist Lady Gaga speaks at a rally in support of repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay service members, in Portland, Maine, on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
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Members of the crowd react to recording artist Lady Gaga as she speaks at a rally in support of repealing the so-called "don't ask, don't tell" law, in Portland, Maine, on Monday, September 20, 2010. The current law bars gays and lesbians from openly serving in the military, and a spokesperson said that Lady Gaga wants Maine's Republican senators to cast votes this week to help repeal the military's "don't ask., don't tell" policy on gays in the military. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
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Recording artist Lady Gaga speaks at a rally in support of repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gay service members, in Portland, Maine, on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
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Recording artist Lady Gaga speaks at a rally in support of repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gay service members, in Portland, Maine, on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
