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VA Secretary Robert McDonald, who took over in July amid a scandal over delayed care and phony waiting lists at VA hospitals, has pledged to stop the agency's pattern of punishing whistleblowers. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Palestinian residents of the besieged refugee camp of Yarmouk wait at the gate of the camp to receive aid supplies from the United Nations on the southern edge of the Syrian capital, Damascus. The deteriorating situation brought on by Syria's civil war prompted the U.N. Security Council to call an emergency meeting Monday, April 6, 2015, to discuss Yarmouk, calling for safe evacuation for the Palestinians, protection for the refugees, and humanitarian access to the camp. (AP Photo/SANA, File)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in this March 26, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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President Obama in November announced a new amnesty for illegal immigrant parents whose children are either U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. The amnesty could apply to as many as 5 million illegal immigrants. (Associated Press)
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In this Jan. 22, 2013 file photo, Kansas Republican Gov. Sam Brownback speaks during a pro-life rally outside the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Brownback, a strong abortion opponent, signed a bill Tuesday, April 7, 2015 making Kansas the first state to ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure that critics describe as dismembering a fetus. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner/File)
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President Barack Obama speaks at Howard University in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Obama visited the university's medical center to discuss the impact of climate change on public health and steps his administration is taking to reduce the health impacts of climate change on communities. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Barack Obama speaks at Howard University in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Obama visited the university's medical center to discuss the impact of climate change on public health and steps his administration is taking to reduce the health impacts of climate change on communities. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Barack Obama speaks during his visit to Howard University in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Obama visited the university's medical center to discuss the impact of climate change on public health and steps his administration is taking to reduce the health impacts of climate change on communities. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., attends a groundbreaking ceremony for the Interstate 11 Boulder City bypass project Monday, April 6, 2015, in Boulder City, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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In this courtroom sketch, Assistant U.S. Attorney Aloke Chakravarty is depicted pointing to defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, right, during closing arguments in Tsarnaev's federal death penalty trial Monday, April 6, 2015, in Boston. Tsarnaev is charged with conspiring with his brother to place two bombs near the Boston Marathon finish line in April 2013, killing three and injuring 260 people. (AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins) ** FILE **
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National Edition News cover for April 5, 2015 - State Dept. program will fly in Central American immigrant children to U.S.: In this July 12, 2014, photo, Central American migrants ride a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Mexico. The number of family units and unaccompanied children arrested by Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley has doubled in the first nine months of this fiscal year compared to the same period last year. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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The crowdfunding effort for Memories Pizza in Walkerton, Indiana raised $842,387 in just two days after online threats against the owners forced them to close. Shown here is Crystal O'Connor, who said her family would gladly serve gay customers on a daily basis, but not cater gay wedding ceremonies. (Image: ABC 57, Northern Indiana and Southwestern Michigan)
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Demonstrators in favor of a religious freedom bill (foreground) gather at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Arkansas, as opponents demonstrate against the bill Thursday. Gov. Asa Hutchinson praised state legislators for recalling the previous bill and approving a second measure in a breakneck 24 hours, reacting to an outcry from the protest movement and threats of an economic boycott. (Associated Press)
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capitol offense: Demonstrators take to the steps of the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock in protest of homosexual discriminatory language in the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Changes were signed into law by Gov. Asa Hutchinson. (Associated Press photographs)
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Thousands of opponents of Indiana Senate Bill 101, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, rally against the legislation on the lawn of the Indiana State House. (Associated Press)
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Illustration on the questionable integrity of some charities by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., talks to reporters on Thursday, April 2, 2015, in Columbia, S.C. Clyburn said he is worried religious freedom laws being passed in a number of states are as bad as the racial discrimination laws passed a century ago. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
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Cheryl Livingston Markson, right, embraces Wendy Greene as Operation Babylift orphans prepare to leave the airport at Oakland, Calif., Monday, June 13, 2005 for Vietnam. Ms. Greene was on the original Operation Babylift children 30 years ago and Ms. Markson was the head of the Friends of Children of Vietnam, one of the organizations that arranged for the adoptions. Both are returning the Vietnam for the 30th anniversary of the airlift. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)
