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Glen Mead operates a line drill machine at a rock quarry, in Montrose, Pa., in this Oct. 9, 2015, file photo. Mead spent his life working as a dairy farmer and at age 60, began working with Rock Ridge Stone in Montrose, to make ends meet. For just the third time in 40 years, millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees can expect no increase in benefits next year, unwelcome news for more than one-fifth of the nation's population. (AP Photo/Brett Carlsen)
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Yong Soo Lee, of South Korea speaks to reporters on the West Lawn of Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2015, Yong Soo Lee is one of dozens of surviving "comfort women" from Korea other Asian countries that were forced into sexual servitude by Japanese troops. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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President Obama believes voters would re-elect him if given the chance. (Associated Press)
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Warming up: While Barack Obama made his first run for the presidency in 2008, he was young and hungry.
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FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2013 file photo, animal rights activist and co-founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Ingrid Newkirk lies on a mock barbecue stand as a sign of protest in Mumbai, celebrating World Vegan Month, a month long celebration of a health, environment- and animal-friendly vegan diet. PETA turns 35 years old in 2015, is the largest animal rights group in world with 3 million members, and has done a lot with a little sex, shock and celebrity.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
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Police in Grand Forks, North Dakota, have determined that a man who claimed to have been the victim of a vicious anti-gay attack at Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at the University of North Dakota had made the story up. (WDAZ-TV)
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Professor Joan Neuberger speaks during a public forum as a special committee studies how to implement a new law allowing students with concealed weapons permits to carry firearms into class and other campus buildings, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, in Austin, Texas. The law takes effect in August 2016. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 38th Annual Awards Gala last week. As the power of Hispanic voters increases, Mrs. Clinton has tailored her stance. She now supports states granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, her campaign told The Huffington Post. (Associated Press)
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Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2008 was against gay marriage, pro-gun rights and far stricter on immigration. Leading up to Tuesday's Democratic debate, the 2015 Mrs. Clinton has majorly revised her stances. (Associated Press)
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In this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo, Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush reacts to a supporter during the Scott County Republican Party's Ronald Reagan Dinner in Davenport, Iowa. Bush is proposing to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's signature federal health care law. The former Florida governor released a two-page plan Oct. 12 to increase tax credits for individuals to buy coverage and give more power to states to regulate health insurance. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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Neal Blair, of Augusta, Ga., wears a hoodie which reads, "Black Lives Matter" as stands on the lawn of the Capitol building during a rally to mark the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March, on Capitol Hill, on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, in Washington. Black men from around the nation returned to the capital calling for changes in policing and in black communities. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **
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Dulcie Bagley, holds a welcome sign, as she walks by demonstrators outside of Roseburg Regional Airport waiting for President Barack Obama's arrival in Roseburg, Ore., Friday, Oct. 9, 2015. Bagley was welcoming President Barack Obama to Roseburg instead of protesting. More than 200 gun-rights activists protested Obama’s visit on Friday to Oregon to meet with the families of victims of last week’s campus killings. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang)
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In this photo taken Oct. 6, 2015, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. The Obama administration says it’s strengthening privacy protections for consumers on the government’s health insurance website ahead of a new sign-up season starting Nov. 1. In a blog Friday, HealthCare.gov CEO Kevin Counihan says the web page will have a new ‘privacy manager’ that lets consumers opt out of embedded connections to third-party advertising, analytics and social media sites. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Responsible Immigration Laws Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times