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Comedian Stephen Colbert, host of the Colbert Report, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, before the House Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law subcommittee hearing on Protecting America's Harvest. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, center, gestures while announcing the Republicans "Pledge to America" agenda, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at a lumber company in Sterling, Va. From left are, Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., Boehner, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, center, holds up a copy of the GOP agenda, "A Pledge to America", Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at a lumber yard in Sterling, Va. From left are, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va., Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Boehner, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Protesters gather at the Place de la Bastille in Paris on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at the start of a demonstration against French President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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Women holding a placard reading "Women! Double day, Half pension" during a protest, in Marseille, southern France, Thursday Sept. 23, 2010. French commuters squeezed onto limited trains or fought for rare parking spots Thursday as a second round of strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62 hobbled trains, planes and schools across the country. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (center), Ohio Republican -- accompanied by Craig Fritsche (left), president of Tart Lumber, and Tabetha A. Baume-Chandler, president of Facility Technology, both in Sterling, Va. -- announces the Republicans' "Pledge to America" agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Obama hugs a guest Wednesday after listening to her story in the backyard of a private residence in Falls Church, Va., where Obama discussed the Patient's Bill of Rights and health care reform. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, center, talks in the backyard of a private residence to discuss the Patient's Bill of Rights and health care reform, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, in Falls Church, VA. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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** FILE ** President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, arrives in the backyard of a private residence in Falls Church, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, to discuss the Patient's Bill of Rights and health care reform. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius looks on at left as President Barack Obama speaks in the backyard of a private residence in Falls Church, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, to discuss the Patient's Bill of Rights and health care reform. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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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)
