Social Issues

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James Stewart in "Mr. Smith goes to Washington," as the model citizen.

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**FILE** This is a copy of a birth certificate, purchased from the County of Los Angeles' Department of Health Services. (Associated Press/County of Los Angeles' Department of Health Services)

** FILE ** Thousands of people turned out Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009, for a federal government job fair at the Atlanta Federal Center (the old Rich's building) in downtown Atlanta. The fair, sponsored by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Atlanta District), was for jobs with federal agencies such as Justice, Labor, Commerce, Social Security, FBI, and Food and Drug, just to name a few. (AP Photo/The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Rich Addicks)

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In this file photo from 2007, the oil tanker MS Simon enters Boston Harbor on Dec. 10, 2007, carrying low-cost heating oil from Venezuela, to be distributed to low-income households in the United States at a 40 percent discount. (Getty Images photographs)

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Queen Rania of Jordan speaks to reporters during a meeting of U.N. regional chiefs in Amman Monday. Rania called for emergency financial aid to U.N. agencies assisting the Palestinian refugees in Gaza. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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**FILE** Hu Jintao is president of China, which has a one-child policy to control population growth. (Associated Press)

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An illuminated Citgo sign sits in the Kenmore Square section of Boston, where the headquarters of Citizens Energy Corp. is located. Last year, Citgo donated 100 million gallons of oil to the U.S. charity organization, which distributes it to low-income households.

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Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful during his "Urbi et Orbi" ("To the City and to the World") Christmas message in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. The pope warned that the world was headed toward ruin if selfishness prevails over solidarity during tough economic times for both rich and poor nations. Speaking from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on the day Christians commemorate Jesus' birth in Bethlehem, Benedict declared that the "heart of the Christian message is meant for all men and women." (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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A third of Americans say they have put off getting medical treatment that they or their family members needed this year because of the cost.

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Seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

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An estimated 1,200 undocumented migrants daily cross the Limpopo River, South Africa's equivalent of the Rio Grande separating the U.S. and Mexico. Most are from Zimbabwe, where shortages of food and fuel and an unemployment rate of more than 80% have sparked a steady exodus to the more stable and more prosperous South Africa. (Getty Images/File)

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An undercover videotape shows a nurse at Planned Parenthood of Indiana clinic in Bloomington, Ind., coaching a supposed 13-year-old on how to duck Indiana's laws about parental-consent on abortion and the reporting of child sex-abuse. (Courtesy of liveactionfilms.org)

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Children from the Andile School choir sing during World AIDS day, in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Church bells tolled, workers put down their tools and court proceedings stopped Monday as South Africa marked a minute of silence for AIDS victims and ended a decade of denial about the epidemic. South Africa has an estimated 5.5 million people living with the HIV virus, the highest total of any country. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)