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Ranking Member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., left, and Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., listen to opening statements from the witnesses during a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing looking into the Justice Department's firearms trafficking investigation, Operation Fast and Furious, on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., Tuesday, July 26, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican, suspects an effort by the Obama administration to intimidate witnesses from testifying before his House committee regarding the "Fast and Furious" ATF cross-border firearms investigation. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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**FILE** An Egyptian protester — the Arabic on his shirt reads "Execution for the killer of the youths" — is ready to throw his shoe at police vehicles carrying defendants out of the courthouse on July 25, 2011, after a court decided to combine the trials of the country's former interior minister, Habib el-Adly, ousted President Hosni Mubarak and six aides in the killing of protesters during the 18-day uprising that toppled the longtime leader in February. (Associated Press)
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People gather outside Oslo City Hall to participate in a "rose march" in memory of the victims of Friday's bomb attack and shooting massacre, Norway, Monday, July 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Anders Behring Breivik (left), the suspect in Norway's twin terror attacks, sits in an armored police vehicle after leaving a courthouse following a hearing in Oslo on July 25, 2011. (Associated Press)
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With wounded Union soldiers in the foreground, Confederate troops fire their muskets on the Union position during the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run Reenactment, at Pageland Farm, in Gainesville, Va., Sunday, July 24, 2011. The battle was the first major land battle in the Civil War and the South was victorious.(Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Union soldier Ugljesha Pirocanac, of Waterloo, Wisc., fills up his canteen prior to the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run Reenactment. "There are a number of things we've done to try to stay cool," he said. "But none of them seem to be working." (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Spectators arrive for the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run Reenactment, at Pageland Farm, in Gainesville, Va., Sunday, July 24, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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A wonded Union soldier gets a helping hand during the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run Reenactment, at Pageland Farm, in Gainesville, Va. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Union calvary units march toward the battlefield during the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run Reenactment. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Confederate troops march toward the battlefield during the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run Reenactment. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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A Union soldier takes a break on his horse to sip from his canteen to stay cool during the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run Reenactment. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Confederate infantry fires on the Union during the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run Reenactment. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Union troops move down the battlefield toward the Confederates during the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run Reenactment. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Union artillery units fire their cannons toward the Confederates. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Union troops move down the battlefield during the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run Reenactment .(Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Confederate soldiers make their move to Union troops during the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run Reenactment, at Pageland Farm, in Gainesville, Va., Sunday, July 24, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Army procurement missteps and an administration decision to lift sanctions on Russia's state arms exporter prevented a Navy contractor from getting Mi-17 helicopters to Afghanistan's air force in time for the summer fighting season, according to current and former defense officials and military contractors. (Defense Technology Inc.)
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY DREW ANGERER / THE WASHINGTON TIMES Union artillery units fire their cannons toward the Confederates during Sunday's 150th anniversary re-enactment of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run at Pageland Farm in Gainesville, Va. It was the first major land battle between the North and South in the Civil War.
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A police officer accompanies a Sri Lankan polling official as he carries election material in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 22, 2011. (AP Photo/ Eranga Jayawardena)
