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** FILE ** President Barack Obama speaks to CIA employees at the CIA Headquarters, Friday, May 20, 2011, in Langley, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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** FILE ** Spaniards protest in Madrid's Puerta del Sol plaza on Thursday, May 19, 2011. Spanish university students and youth groups were protesting against a youth unemployment rate of 40 percent and austerity measures taken to end Spain's debt crisis. (Associated Press)

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Protesters clash with police outside the Greek parliament during a demonstration by the Panhellenic Federation of Workers Association on Wednesday. The union is protesting the decision to increase working hours from 37.5 to 40 per week. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS DIAGNOSIS: "Our plan was a state solution to a state problem," Mitt Romney said about Massachusetts' health care reform.

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Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. suggested to Gov. Martin O'Malley in a May 9 letter that the fall's special General Assembly session include discussions on transportation funding needs, rising pension costs and the state's $1.1-billion structural deficit. (Associated Press)

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associated press Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, is expected to sign a bill creating a health care system modeled after Canada.

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Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs" star Mike Rowe will appear as a witness before the Senate on Wednesday at a hearing titled "Manufacturing Our Way to a Stronger Economy," talking up the know-how and skill of American workers. (Discovery Channel) ** FILE **

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Supporters of President Obama's health care policies — (from left) Ron Pollack, Larry Kim, Dell Erwin, Ray Scher and Kevin Wilson — hold a rally in front of federal court in Richmond on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing two cases challenging the federal health care reform act. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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*** FILE ** In this file photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, in Ogden, Utah, Debra Brown enters Judge Michael DiReda's courtroom in Ogden, Utah. A Utah judge ruled Monday, May 2, 2011, that Brown, who is serving a life sentence after being convicted of murdering her employer 17 years ago, is innocent of the crime. (AP Photo/Al Hartmann, The Salt Lake Tribune, Pool, File)

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Justin Miller (left) talks with Leah Chanthapanya (right) at a May 3 job fair in Independence, Ohio. Chanthapanya is looking for a customer service or administrative position. Employers added more than 200,000 jobs in April for the third straight month, the biggest hiring spree in five years. But the unemployment rate rose to 9 percent in part because some people resumed looking for work. (Associated Press)

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D.C. United's Andy Najar scored one of the goals in the 2-2 draw with the Philadelphia Union on Saturday. (Associated Press)

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Job seekers wait in line for a job fair to open on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, in Independence, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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Waitress Jasmine Randhawa serves a pepperoni pizza at Mountain Mike's pizza parlor in Palo Alto, Calif., on Friday, April 1, 2011. The nation's service sector, which employs about 90 percent of the U.S. workforce, grew in April, though at the slowest pace since August. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife gave a nonprofit $400 million to pay election workers, train poll workers and rent polling locations for the Nov. 3 vote in various states. (Associated Press/File)

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Alicia Scott, 23, of Riverdale, Ga., applies for a job Tuesday at a McDonald's location in Atlanta. The fast-food corporation sought to fill 50,000 full-time and part-time positions in one day as part of its National Hiring Day. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** William Rusher attends the American Conservative Union's Conservative Century dinner at the Washington Hilton in 1999. (The Washington Times)

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Spelman College student Alicia Scott, 23, of Riverdale, Ga., fills out a job application at an Atlanta McDonald's restaurant Tuesday, April 19, 2011. McDonald's hopes to hire 50,000 new workers nationwide on its National Hiring Day. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Protesters walk away from the Herndon office of Rep. Frank R. Wolf on Monday after a press conference about the Dulles Metrorail project. The protesters, many union members, are upset that Mr. Wolf wants the Phase II contracts to be reopened to more bids rather than using a project labor agreement (PLA). (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)