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Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, before the House Budget Committee hearing about President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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House Budget Committee member Rep. Drew Ferguson, R-Ga., right, greets Budget Director Mick Mulvaney on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, prior to Mulvaney testifying before the committee's hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, before the House Budget Committee hearing about President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, before the House Budget Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, left, joined by Education Department Budget Service Director Erica Navarro, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, before the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies subcommittee hearing on the Education Department's fiscal 2018 budget. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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FILE - In this Thursday, April 6, 2017, file photo, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez talks during a bill signing ceremony in Albuquerque, N.M. A proposal to overhaul New Mexico's tax on sales and business services will not come to a vote during a special legislative session, Democratic House Speaker Brian Egolf announced Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Martinez has been a vocal advocate for the tax reforms that would do away with a variety of tax breaks to bring in sales tax revenue from more sources — at a lower overall tax rate. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Troy Davis. In Georgia, condemned inmates are given two minutes to make a last statement. Davis, who inspired rallies and vigils in multiple countries after his guilt was questioned, maintained his innocence until the end, insisting from the gurney in September 2011 that he did not kill off-duty Savannah police Officer Mark MacPhail. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections, shows Georgia inmate J.W. Ledford Jr. Ledford used his final moments to quote from the movie "Cool Hand Luke" and toss out an insult. It was one of the more unusual statements made by a Georgia death row inmate in the final moments. Strapped to a gurney that's tilted toward the witness seats, condemned inmates are given two minutes to make a last statement.(Georgia Department of Corrections via AP, File)
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FILE- This Nov. 13, 1998 file photo, Kelly Gissendaner enters the courtroom at the Gwinnett Justice & Administration Center in Lawrenceville, Ga. Gissendaner, the only woman on Georgia's death row when she was executed in September 2015, sobbed through apologies to the family of her husband, Douglas Gissendaner, whom she had conspired to have her lover kill. In Georgia, condemned inmates are given two minutes to make a last statement. ( Louie Favorite /Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)
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Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo speaks in the Polish parliament during a debate on a vote to dismiss Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz, in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Szydlo said that Poland cannot be blackmailed by "Brussels elites" to accept migrants. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y., left, accompanied by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, listens to a question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, may 23, 2017, following a Democratic policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y., center, flanked by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 23, 2017, following a Democratic policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, before the House Budget Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Yang Shuping, University of Maryland class of 2017, is shown in a screen capture from YouTube from her commencement remarks. (YouTube) Ms. Yang was widely criticized on Chinese social media outlets for remarks she made that were critical of China and laudatory of the breadth of social and political freedom in the United States. She has since apologized on the Weibo Chinese-language social-media platform.
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Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, before the House Budget Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Bill Cosby, left, arrives with one of his attorneys Angela Agrusa, for the third day of jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Bill Cosby, center, arrives with one of his attorneys Angela Agrusa, right, for the third day of jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, before the House Budget Committee hearing about President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Bill Cosby, center, pauses in the courtyard as one of his attorneys Angela Agrusa, right, makes a statement to the media, as they arrive for the third day of jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Bill Cosby, center, arrives with one of his attorneys Angela Agrusa, right, for the third day of jury selection in his sexual assault case at the Allegheny County Courthouse, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Pittsburgh. The case is set for trial June 5 in suburban Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
