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President Obama selected Sylvia Mathews Burwell — then his White House budget chief — to replace Kathleen Sebelius, who announced in April that she would step down after the flawed rollout of the federal exchange system, HealthCare.gov. (associated press)
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File- This Feb. 25, 2013, file photo shows Austrian Natascha Kampusch posing for photographers before the premiere of the film "3096 Days" in Vienna, Austria. Kampusch was kidnapped in 1998 off the street in Vienna at age 10. She managed to escape in 2006 but only after spending eight years as a captive, mostly in a tiny basement enclosure. She was abused by her abductor, Wolfgang Priklopil, who committed suicide soon after Kampusch freed herself. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)
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Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas), left, speaks with Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Texas), right, at a Memorial Day tribute to veterans and veterans in Congress held by the Washington Times at the Capitol Hill Club, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Katelyn Walls, seated, 25, of Parkersburg, W. Va., her sister Merideth Paff, standing, at right, 30, of Erie, Pa., and Paff's son 3-year-old Nicholas Paff, seated, at right, attend a rally at Perry Square in Erie, Pa., on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in support of marriage equality in Pennsylvania. About 150 people turned out to celebrate a federal judge's overturning of Pennsylvania's ban on gay marriage. (AP Photo/Erie Times-News, Christopher Millette) MAGAZINES OUT.
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University of California President Janet Napolitano speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Mexico City, Wednesday May 21, 2014. The former U.S. secretary of homeland security says political calls for more walls and policing at the U.S.-Mexico border is a "straw man" designed to defeat immigration reform. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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Mark Barden, father of a 7-year-old boy killed at the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, holds a photo of his three children during his speech to the opening session of the state's Democratic Convention, in Melville, N.Y., Wednesday, May 21, 2014. The children in the photo are, from left, James Barden, Daniel Barden, who was killed, and Natalie Barden. He told Democrats Wednesday that gun control is a matter of public safety and shouldn't be caught up in politics. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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FILE - A Thursday, May 1, 2014 photo from files showing Jeffrey Webb, FIFA Vice President, gesturing as he speaks during a news conference in Bal Harbour, Fla. Webb condemned “deep rooted racism” in Italy on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, after Mario Balotelli was racially abused while training with the national team. A year after spearheading the strengthening of FIFA’s discrimination sanctions, Webb is frustrated that some countries including Italy and Spain are not showing the commitment required to the fight against racism. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
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In this photo taken May 3, 2011, a Mexican cow is marked for return after USDA inspection in Laredo, Texas. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has shifted some of its cattle inspection stations from Mexico into the United States after concerns about drug cartel violence. The change has occurred over the past year at three of the 11 stations along the border that check cattle being imported from Mexico. All the new stations are in Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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University of California President Janet Napolitano speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Mexico City, Wednesday May 21, 2014. The former U.S. secretary of homeland security says political calls for more walls and policing at the U.S.-Mexico border is a "straw man" designed to defeat immigration reform. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
