Washington

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Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan meets Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., speaks during a news conference on health care reform hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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GETTY IMAGES Brunilda Vega (center) and Jodi Valenciano Perry (third from left) celebrate in Washington after hearing that Judge Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in as the newest justice on the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday.

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AFP/GETTY IMAGES The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington. Presidents who took bold stands are those most memorialized and best remembered.

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AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES President Obama orders cheeseburgers at a Five Guys restaurant in Washington on Friday during a surprise lunch stop that his spokesman attributed to hunger and not an appetite for the cameras following him.

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First lady Michelle Obama visits students with the YouthBuild AmeriCorps community service program who gathered on the National Mall in Washington to celebrate their 30th anniversary by building an affordable, energy-efficient house, in Washington, Tuesday, March 17, 2009. She is joioned at rear by YouthBuild's founder, Dorothy Stoneman. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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James Stewart in "Mr. Smith goes to Washington," as the model citizen.

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** FILE ** A Metropolitan Police cruiser in downtown Washington (The Washington Times)

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"La Traviata" is no stranger to the Washington area opera scene, and will return this weekend to George Mason University's Center for the Arts.

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Sen. Jesse Helms, North Carolina Republican (left), who took delight in being called "Senator No" for opposing liberal legislation, was joined by conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, at an anti-Equal Rights Amendment dinner in March 1979 in Washington. (Associated Press/File)