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FILE - In this June 10, 2015, file photo, Coast Guard Vice Commandant Peter Neffenger testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on his nomination to head the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington, Monday, June 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

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Defense Secretary Ash Carter waits to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington in this June 17, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) ** FILE **

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President Barack Obama pauses while speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 18, 2015, on the church shooting in Charleston, S.C., prior to his departure to Los Angeles. The current brick Gothic revival edifice, completed in 1891 to replace an earlier building heavily damaged in an earthquake, was a mandatory stop for the likes of Booker T. Washington and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Still, Emanuel was not just a church for the black community.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks at the Road to Majority 2015 convention in Washington on June 19, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Republican presidential candidate, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, speaks at the Road to Majority 2015 convention in Washington, Saturday, June 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

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Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks at the Road to Majority 2015 convention in Washington, Friday, June 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

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Najee Washington holds a photo of her grandmother Ethel Lance, one of the nine people killed in Wednesday's shooting at Emanuel AME Church, as she poses for a portrait outside her home Friday, June 19, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. "She cared for everyone. She took care of people. She would give her last to anyone," said Washington. "That's what she was and that's what she'll always be." (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson speaks at the Road to Majority 2015 convention in Washington, Friday, June 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

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President Barack Obama pauses while speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 18, 2015, on the church shooting in Charleston, S.C., prior to his departure to Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 17, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, finishes speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 18, 2015, on the church shooting in Charleston, S.C., prior to his departure to Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida Republican and 2016 presidential candidate, speaks during the Road to Majority 2015 convention in Washington on June 18, 2015. (Associated Press)

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Attorney General Loretta Lynch listens members of the media's questions on the recent church shooting in Charleston, S.C., during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, June 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Tampa Bay Rays' Steven Souza Jr. runs after his bunt during the eighth inning of a baseball game at Nationals Park, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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White House press secretary Josh Earnest pauses while answering a question about trade legislation during the daily press briefing, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Republican presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush greets local residents during a backyard meet and greet, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Washington, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 15, 2015, during a White House mentorship and leadership graduation ceremony. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Barack Obama walks with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right and House Minority Assistant Leader James Clyburn of S.C., as he visits Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 12, 2015, for a meeting with House Democrats. The president made an 11th-hour appeal to dubious Democrats on Friday in a tense run-up to a House showdown on legislation to strengthen his hand in global trade talks (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (credit)

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A gate leading to the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington is seen here on June 5, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**