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President Barack Obama makes a statement in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 30, 2014, following his meeting with Veterans Affairs Secretary Shinseki. The president said that Shinseki is resigning amid widespread troubles with veterans' health care. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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National Edition News cover for May 31, 2014 - Eric Shinseki is out! Obama sacks Veterans Affairs Secretary: Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki speaks at a meeting of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans in Washington, Friday, May 30, 2014. Shinseki faces calls to resign from both Republicans and Democrats in Congress because of an escalating scandal about problems in the VA's nationwide health care system. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Washington Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman plays catch before a baseball game against the Miami Marlins at Nationals Park Monday, May 26, 2014, in Washington. Zimmerman is on the disabled list with an injured right thumb. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Washington Nationals Ryan Zimmerman looks at his hand after playing catch before a baseball game against the Miami Marlins at Nationals Park Monday, May 26, 2014, in Washington. Zimmerman is on the disabled list with an injured right thumb. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Sid Freeman, 53, and his son Wes Freeman, 22, right, fix an irrigation line at a portion of land on their farm near Caldwell Friday May 23, 2014. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Darin Oswald)
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This May 13, 2014 photo shows dinner plates left in the rubble of what used to be a home in a blue-collar neighborhood of Union Beach N.J. that was devastated by Superstorm Sandy. A settlement reached Friday May 30, 2014 between the state of New Jersey and three civil rights and housing groups requires the state to direct more storm recovery aid to low-income homeowners and renters, and to re-evaluate every rejected application to the state's main housing recovery program. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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This Feb. 24, 2014 photo shows debris left from a house that was demolished in Keansburg N.J. after having been damaged by Superstorm Sandy. A settlement reached Friday May 30, 2014 between the state of New Jersey and three civil rights and housing groups requires the state to direct more storm recovery aid to low-income homeowners and renters, and to re-evaluate every rejected application to the state's main housing recovery program. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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This Feb. 24, 2014 photo shows debris left from a house that was demolished in Keansburg N.J. after having been damaged by Superstorm Sandy. A settlement reached Friday May 30, 2014 between the state of New jersey and three civil rights and housing groups requires the state to direct more storm recovery aid to low-income homeowners and renters, and to re-evaluate every rejected application to the state's main housing recovery program. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Illinois Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno, R-Lemont, speaks to reporters at the Illinois State Capitol Friday, May 30, 2014, in Springfield Ill. Senate Republicans are calling on majority Democrats to pledge they won't extend Illinois' temporary income tax increase after the November election. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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After Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned over the growing VA health care scandal, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, tells reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, ay 30, 2014, that Shinseki's departure does not absolve President Barack Obama of his responsibility to step in and make things right for veterans. A government investigation this week confirmed broad and deep-seated problems in the sprawling health care system which provides medical care to about 6.5 million veterans annually. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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** FILE ** Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., center, speaks with immigration reform activist Frank Sharry, right, before a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 30, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
