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**FILE** Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., on March 16, 2013. (Associated Press)

** FILE ** Mitt Romney (R) waves to the audience before he speaks at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference held at the Gaylord National Hotel, National Harbor, Md., Friday, March 15, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Mitt Romney peers into the audience before he speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Hotel in National Harbor, Md., on Friday, March 15, 2013. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Mitt Romney (R) waves to the audience before he speaks at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (C.P.A.C.) held at the Gaylord National Hotel, National Harbor, Md., Friday, March 15, 2013.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Mitt Romney (R) waves to the audience before he speaks at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (C.P.A.C.) held at the Gaylord National Hotel, National Harbor, Md., Friday, March 15, 2013.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Mitt Romney (R) waves to the audience before he speaks at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (C.P.A.C.) held at the Gaylord National Hotel, National Harbor, Md., Friday, March 15, 2013.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Mitt Romney (R) takes the stage to speak at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (C.P.A.C.) held at the Gaylord National Hotel, National Harbor, Md., Friday, March 15, 2013.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Mitt Romney (R) takes the stage to speak at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (C.P.A.C.) held at the Gaylord National Hotel, National Harbor, Md., Friday, March 15, 2013.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Simon Davids of Sacramento, Calif. plays a shooting game at a National Rifle Association booth in the downstairs exhibition hall at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (C.P.A.C.) held at the Gaylord National Hotel, National Harbor, Md., Thursday, March 14, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) speaks at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (C.P.A.C.) held at the Gaylord National Hotel, National Harbor, Md., Thursday, March 14, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Hotel in National Harbor, Md., on Thursday, March 14, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)