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Libyan-Americans celebrate the death of Col. Moammar Gadhafi on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House on Oct. 20, 2011. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, to discuss the death of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

** FILE ** In this Sept. 6, 2011, file photo, new CIA director David Petraeus, right, speaks following his swearing-in ceremony with his wife Holly Knowlton Petraeus, center, and Vice President Joe Biden, left, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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President Barack Obama offers a toast during a State Dinner with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stand with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and first lady Kim Yoon-ok as they welcome them to a State Dinner at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his wife Kim Yoon-ok as they welcome them to a State Dinner at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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A view of the East Room of White House where President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are hosting a state dinner for South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Barack Obama welcomed South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, to a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington D.C., October 13, 2011 (Mary F. Calvert/Special to the Washington Times)

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President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak take part in a joint news conference, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, in the East Room of White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak take part in a joint news conference, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, in the East Room of White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak are welcomed by local school children during a rainy state arrival ceremony, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Barack Obama speaks as he welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct., 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

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President Barack Obama smiles as he welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a rainy state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct., 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct., 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

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President Barack Obama welcomes South Korean President Lee Myung-bak during a state arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct., 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

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President Obama greets South Korean President Lee Myung-bak before their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House on Thursday afternoon. Later in the day, Mr. Lee addressed Congress before Mr. Obama welcomed him back to the White House for a state dinner. (Mary F. Calvert/Special to The Washington Times)