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**FILE** Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson speaks during a news conference in Washington on March 18, 2014. (Associated Press)
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WANTING ANSWERS: Veterans attend a Senate committee hearing this week investigating reports of long wait times at Veterans Affairs health care facilities across the country. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki (foreground) said he is "mad as hell" and won't leave his post until he completes his mission or is fired by President Obama. (Rod Lamkey Jr./Special to the Washington Times)
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National Edition Opinion cover for May 16, 2014 - Obamacare’s Hispanic problem (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)
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Protesters picket for higher wages outside a McDonalds restaurant in Detroit Thursday, May 15, 2014. Calling for higher pay and the right to form a union without retaliation, fast-food chain workers protested Thursday as part of a wave of strikes and protests in 150 cities across the U.S. and 33 additional countries on six continents. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Velma Conrelius protests for higher wages outside a McDonalds restaurant in Detroit Thursday, May 15, 2014. Calling for higher pay and the right to form a union without retaliation, fast-food chain workers protested Thursday as part of a wave of strikes and protests in 150 cities across the U.S. and 33 additional countries on six continents. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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National Edition News cover for May 16, 2014 - Shinseki vows to stay on job to fix VA health care: Veterans sitting in the audience watch as Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki responds to a question as he and Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Robert A. Petzel, testify during a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing titled "The State of VA Health Care" in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC., Tuesday, May 13, 20124. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, looks on as lawmakers discuss state budget legislation on the House floor at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. on Thursday, May 15, 2014. Durkin argues that passing a budget without the revenue to support it is unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Illinois Rep. Mike Bost, R-Carbondale, discusses state budget legislation on the House floor at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. on Thursday, May 15, 2014. The Illinois House is voting on a proposed 2015 state budget that presumes the extension of an income tax increase, even though lawmakers have yet to come up with the votes for the extension. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Illinois Rep. William Davis, D-East Hazel Crest, discusses state budget legislation on the House floor at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. on Thursday, May 15, 2014. The Illinois House is voting on a proposed 2015 state budget that presumes the extension of an income tax increase, even though lawmakers have yet to come up with the votes for the extension. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Illinois Rep. Dwight Kay, R-Glenn Carbon, discusses state budget legislation on the House floor at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. on Thursday, May 15, 2014. The Illinois House is voting on a proposed 2015 state budget that presumes the extension of an income tax increase, even though lawmakers have yet to come up with the votes for the extension. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
