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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, disagree on some of the Obama administration's policies for the military. Rep. Duncan Hunter is calling for a reversal of women in the infantry, open transgender troops and the near-banishment of the word "man" in titles. (Associated Press)
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FILE- In this Nov. 3, 2016 file photo, an Indian man smokes a cigarette in New Delhi, India. A global conference on tobacco control has pledged to hold the tobacco industry legally liable for health consequences of smoking and protect public health policies from the influence of tobacco companies.Representatives from around 180 countries participating in the World Health Organization's global tobacco control treaty negotiations on Saturday adopted a declaration in which they also vowed to prohibit or regulate the sale of e-cigarettes. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)
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Children displaced by Islamist extremists wheel food handed out to them at the Bakassi camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria, amid allegations that officials have diverted aid intended for Boko Haram refugees. (Associated Press/File)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, NOV. 12, AND THEREAFTER – In this Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 photo, forensic pathology assistant Rick Campitell operates a low-dosage digital X-ray machine at ForensicDx in Windber, Pa. In Cambria County, Pa., autopsies and toxicology reports are squeezing the coroner's office budget this year due to a continuing increase in drug-related fatalities, while across the region, those who perform autopsies in government agencies and private businesses report a spike in deaths they investigate tied to drug abuse. (Todd Berkey/The Tribune-Democrat via AP)
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Actress and liberal activist Jane Fonda (left) weighed in on Donald Trump's Election-Day victory during the Atlanta Women's Foundation's annual luncheon on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (CNN)
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In this July 24, 2013, file photo, demonstrators rally in front of the White House in Washington, in favor of immigration reform. “Your Majesty” isn’t in the American political lexicon. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Students at the University of Texas at Austin lead a protest down to Congress Bridge Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in Austin, Texas. Hundreds of University of Texas students march through downtown Austin in protest of Donald Trump's presidential victory. (Joshua Guerra/The Daily Texan via AP)
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Noor Wadi, a second year law student, cries as she hugs a friend after speaking with fellow students gathered at the University of Texas at Austin to protest the Trump election on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. Hundreds of University of Texas students march through downtown Austin in protest of Donald Trump's presidential victory.(Deborah Cannon/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, 76, has not faced a serious challenge since she took her leadership post in 2003. (Associated Press)
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Kentucky House Minority Leader Jeff Hoover, R- Jamestown, right, listens as Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin addresses the crowd gathered to celebrate the Kentucky House of Representatives obtaining a republican majority, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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Joseline Tlacomulco leads several hundred people in a march on the University of Connecticut campus, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in Storrs, Conn., protesting the election of Donald Trump as president. Tlacomula, a sophomore who lives in New Haven, said she was born in Mexico and came with her family to Connecticut when she was 8-months old. She fears her family may face deportation under a Trump administration. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)
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Mayor Jorge Elorza, foreground, speaks to voters at the Summit Commons polling place Tuesday morning, Nov. 8, 2016 in Providence, R.I., where some voters waited more than an hour to cast ballots. Elorza came to explain how poll workers were trying to speed up the process and to thank voters for their patience. (AP Photo/Matt O'Brien)
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A sample of condoms distributed freely by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in 28 countries is displayed at a news conference at the AHF headquarters in Los Angeles, in this Feb. 14, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) ** FILE **
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A man dressed in red-white-and-blue sits on the curb during a protest against President-elect Donald Trump, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Activists stand across the street from Trump Tower in New York on Wednesday after Donald Trump's presidential victory. (Associated Press)
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich's split with Donald Trump bolstered his image among some Republicans, but alienated grass-roots activists. (Associated Press)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California pauses during an Election Day news conference at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Taxi drivers protest against the online transportation service Uber, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. More than one thousand taxi drivers, many in their vehicles, staged a protest in front of Congress demanding that it prohibits the U.S. based company from operating in Latin America's largest nation. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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A Tate member of staff poses next to American photographer Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother", from 1936, at the press view of "The Radical Eye: Modernist Photography from the Sir Elton John Collection" exhibition at the Tate Modern gallery in London, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. British musician Elton John's collection of international modernist photography from the 1920s to 50s includes almost 200 prints and opens to the public on November 10. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
