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In this Friday April 20, 2012 file image a protestor from Belgium with a marijuana leaf painted on his face smokes a marijuana joint in Amsterdam during a protest against a government plan to stop foreigners from buying marijuana in the Netherlands. Dutch lawmakers have voted in favor of tolerating the cultivation of cannabis, in what would be a new expansion of the country's relaxed pot policy and bring to an end one of its paradoxes. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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President Donald Trump tours the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Donald Trump tours the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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In this Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 photo, former skinhead Shannon Martinez talks about her time as a white supremacist during an interview in Athens, Ga. A member of the racist group starting in her teen years, Martinez quit decades ago and is now worried about a possible rise in extremism in the United States. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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In this Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 photo, former skinhead Shannon Martinez talks about her time as a white supremacist during an interview at her home in Athens, Ga. A member of the racist group starting in her teen years, Martinez quit decades ago and is now worried about a possible rise in extremism in the United States. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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This undated photo provided by Christian Picciolini shows Shannon Martinez giving a Nazi salute while she was part of a racist skinhead organization as a teen decades ago. Martinez, now affiliated with Life After Hate, a nonprofit that works to get people out of extremist groups, talks to people in an online forum sponsored by the organization. (Christian Picciolini via AP)
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This undated photo provided by Christian Picciolini shows him at left with Shannon Martinez giving Nazi salutes while both were affiliated with racist skinhead organizations as young people decades ago. Picciolini went on to begin Life After Hate, a nonprofit that works to get people out of extremist groups, and Martinez volunteers by talking to people in an online forum sponsored by the organization. (Alex Picciolini/Courtesy of Christian Picciolini via AP)
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In this Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, former skinhead Shannon Martinez, left, talks with some of her children in their home in Athens, Ga. A member of the racist group starting in her teen years, Martinez quit decades ago and is now worried about a possible rise in extremism in the United States. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 photo, Shane Johnson displays some of his tattoos as he poses in his home in Tippecanoe, Ind. Johnson was born into extremism is in the process of covering some of his racist tattoos with new ones and wears long sleeves to hide remnants of his past he regrets. His father and many of his father's relatives were part of the Klan, he said, so there was only one real way for him to go as a youth. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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In this Feb. 14, 2017, photo, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Beneath the capital’s radar looms a catchall spending package that’s likely to top $1 trillion. It could get embroiled in the politics of building Trump’s wall at the U.S.-Mexico border and a budget-busting Pentagon request. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE In this Saturday Oct. 23, 2004 file photo Chelsea's Alexei Smertin, left, in action during the English Premiership League soccer match against Blackburn Rovers at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, London. Former Chelsea midfielder Alexei Smertin has been put in charge of investigating soccer racism in Russia. (AP Photo/John D McHugh, File)
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FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 4, 2009 file photo, Russia 2018 delegate, soccer player, Alexei Smertin attends an expo for countries bidding to host the 2018 World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa. Former Chelsea midfielder Smertin has been put in charge of investigating soccer racism in Russia, despite previously appearing to deny it existed. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)
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FILE- In this April 16, 2009 file photo, the Kuwait city skyline is seen through the haze of a sand storm in Shuwaikh, Kuwait City. In the the first half of 2017, Kuwait’s first new government hospital in more than three decades will open its doors -- but to Kuwaiti citizens only. It’s the latest in a series of steps that some see as discrimination against the large numbers of non-native residents who build the high-rises, sweep the roads and clean toilets in the oil-rich emirate. Even elsewhere in the Persian Gulf -- a coveted destination for migrant workers -- there are growing voices who want the foreigners out. (AP Photo, File)
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This Jan. 25, 2017 photo taken with a super wide-angle lens, shows the new 304 million dinar ($997 million) Jaber Hospital, about a 20-minute drive from downtown Kuwait City, Kuwait. In the coming months Kuwait’s first new government hospital in more than three decades will open its doors -- but to Kuwaiti citizens only. It’s the latest in a series of steps that some see as discrimination against the large numbers of non-native residents who build the high-rises, sweep the roads and clean toilets in the oil-rich emirate. Even elsewhere in the Persian Gulf -- a coveted destination for migrant workers -- there are growing voices who want the foreigners out. (AP Photo/Jaber Abdulkhaleg)
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In this May 1, 2014 photo, tigers perform at the opening night of the Melha Shrine Circus at the Eastern States Coliseum in West Springfield, Mass. After earning praise from animal rights groups for dropping animal performances in 2016, the Melha Shrine Circus will bring back the animal acts for seven performances over four days in May 2017. (David Molnar/The Republican via AP)
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In this May 1, 2014 photo, an elephant waits to entertain the opening night crowd at the Melha Shrine Circus at the Eastern States Coliseum in West Springfield, Mass. After earning praise from animal rights groups for dropping animal performances in 2016, the Melha Shrine Circus will bring back the animal acts for seven performances over four days in May 2017. (David Molnar/The Republican via AP)
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Texas guard/forward Joyner Holmes (24) is defended by Baylor forward Nina Davis (13) as she tires to score during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas guard Brooke McCarty (11) is blocked by Baylor guard Alexis Prince (12) as she tries to score during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey yells to her players during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Texas, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas center Kelsey Lang (40) and Baylor forward Beatrice Mompremier (32) scramble for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)