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In this Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, photo, health workers take a break at the Kenema Government Hospital, where more than 40 health workers died of Ebola, in Kenema, eastern Sierra Leone. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton looks to President Barack Obama as he speaks on stage at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 45th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. The president spoke about black women's role in helping shape American democracy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 45th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, where the president spoke about the challenges facing black women, particularly in the areas of education, employment and criminal justice. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Migrants queue up for buses after they arrived at the border between Austria and Hungary near Heiligenkreuz, about 180 kms (110 miles) south of Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. Thousands of migrants who had been stuck for days in southeastern Europe started arriving in Austria early Saturday after Hungary escorted them to the border. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)
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Migrants make their way along a road after crossing the border between Austria and Hungary near Heiligenkreuz, about 180 kms (110 miles) south of Vienna, Austria, in this Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)
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Laura Bell Bundy (AF.mil)
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Tim Constantine on John Boehner's decision to lean on polling data in deciding whether to defund Planned Parenthood. "What's more important, a human life or a political poll?"
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Iranian women hold anti-Israeli placards at a protest after Friday prayer service in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. Hundreds of worshipers staged an anti-Israeli protest for its response to Palestinians protest against unusual numbers of Jewish visitors at Al-Aqsa mosque compound in recent days. Chanting “Death to Israel” and “Death to the U.S.,” demonstrators condemned an “Israeli invasion to Al-Aqsa” mosque. State TV said similar protests were held in several other major Iranian cities. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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A refugee woman carries a child at a train station in Beli Manastir, near the Hungarian border, in northeast Croatia, early Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. Croatian police say some 13,300 migrants have entered the country from Serbia since the first groups started arriving more than two days ago. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
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National Edition News cover for September 18, 2015 - Report: U.S. abusing its detention authority: FILE - In this April 13, 2009, file photo detainees leave the the cafeteria at the Stewart Detention Facility, a Corrections Corporation of America immigration facility in Lumpkin, Ga. CCA, the largest contractor for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, reached a preliminary agreement in May 2010, to soften confinement, free of charge, at nine immigrant facilities covering more than 7,100 beds. ICE officials see the deal, which includes Stewart, as a precursor to changes elsewhere. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback, File)
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An unidentified Guatemalan woman is seen inside a dormitory in the Artesia Family Residential Center, a federal detention facility for undocumented immigrant mothers and children, in Artesia, N.M. (Associated Press)
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U.S. Park Police enter St. Elizabeth?s Hospital in Washington on Monday, Oct. 20, 1980 ending a six hour takeover by Cuban refugees who were transferred to the hospital for psychiatric observation. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, after a meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, after a meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Democratic presidential candidate and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley attends a round table meeting with regulators, business owners and activists from the state's marijuana industry in Denver on Sept. 17, 2015. O'Malley repeated his pledge to reclassify marijuana under federal drug laws if elected. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Tim Constantine reports on Rand Paul's reaction to the CNN debate and has details on employees from the Census Bureau behaving badly.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 10, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Refugees rest on the roadside after police stopped them near the border between Austria and Germany, in Salzburg, Austria, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)