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Posted: 3/12/2013 9:53:32 AM EST
Senate Armed Services Committee members, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. confer on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at the start of the committee's hearing on the appointments of military leaders. The two Republicans have been vocal in their opposition to the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the next secretary of defense. While Democrats hold a 55-45 edge in the Senate and have the numbers to confirm Hagel on a majority vote, they need the support of five Republicans to clear the way for an up-or-down vote on him. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 3/4/2013 10:18:37 PM EST
Hostesses, who serve delegates, pose for photographers on Tiananmen Square while sessions of the National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference are held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, March 4, 2013. The National People’s Congress, which opens Tuesday, completes the leadership power transition initiated four months ago, approving top government appointments and giving the new leaders a platform to lay out policies. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Posted: 3/4/2013 10:18:37 PM EST
A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard on Tiananmen Square while sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference are held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, March 4, 2013. The National People’s Congress, which opens Tuesday, completes the leadership power transition initiated four months ago, approving top government appointments and giving the new leaders a platform to lay out policies. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Posted: 3/4/2013 11:18:31 AM EST
A delegate is mobbed by journalists as he arrives for sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing Monday, March 4, 2013. The National People’s Congress, which opens Tuesday, completes the leadership power transition initiated four months ago, approving top government appointments and giving the new leaders a platform to lay out policies. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Posted: 3/4/2013 11:18:31 AM EST
A photographer takes pictures of the hostesses, who serve delegates, pose on Tiananmen Square while sessions of the National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference are held at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing Monday, March 4, 2013. The National People’s Congress, which opens Tuesday, completes the leadership power transition initiated four months ago, approving top government appointments and giving the new leaders a platform to lay out policies. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Posted: 3/4/2013 11:18:31 AM EST
A National People's Congress delegate wearing an ethnic minority costume walks towards the Great Hall of the People a day before the opening session in Beijing, China, Monday, March 4, 2013. The National People’s Congress, which opens Tuesday, completes the leadership power transition initiated four months ago, approving top government appointments and giving the new leaders a platform to lay out policies. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Posted: 3/4/2013 4:03:27 AM EST
A female delegate poses for her colleague taking a souvenir photo in front of the Great Hall of the People as they arrive for sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing Monday, March 4, 2013. The National People’s Congress, which opens Tuesday, completes the leadership power transition initiated four months ago, approving top government appointments and giving the new leaders a platform to lay out policies. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Posted: 3/4/2013 4:03:27 AM EST
Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers dressed as ushers march outside the Great Hall of the People after sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing Monday, March 4, 2013. The National People’s Congress, which opens Tuesday, completes the leadership power transition initiated four months ago, approving top government appointments and giving the new leaders a platform to lay out policies. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Posted: 3/4/2013 4:03:27 AM EST
A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard on Tiananmen Square while sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference are held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, March 4, 2013. The National People’s Congress, which opens Tuesday, completes the leadership power transition initiated four months ago, approving top government appointments and giving the new leaders a platform to lay out policies. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Posted: 2/15/2013 1:23:39 PM EST
This undated photo provided by DC Advisory on Friday, Feb 15, 2013 shows the company's former CEO, Ernst von Freyberg. Pope Benedict XVI signed off on one of the last major appointments of his papacy Friday, approving the German lawyer and financier to head the Vatican’s embattled bank. Von Freyberg has solid financial and Catholic credentials as a former investment banker and member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, an ancient chivalrous order drawn from European nobility. (AP Photo/DC Advisory)
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Posted: 2/15/2013 10:38:24 AM EST
Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi meets the media during a press conference, at the Vatican, Friday Feb. 15, 2013. Pope Benedict XVI has signed off on one of the last major appointments of his papacy, approving a German lawyer to head the Vatican's embattled bank. Ernst Von Freyberg has solid financial and Catholic credentials as a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, an ancient chivalrous order drawn from European nobility. The Vatican said Von Freyberg had been appointed by the bank's commission of cardinals and that the pope had "expressed his full consent." (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Posted: 2/15/2013 10:38:24 AM EST
A nun walks under the Bernini colonnade in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013. Pope Benedict XVI signed off on one of the last major appointments of his papacy Friday, approving a German lawyer and financier to head the Vatican's embattled bank. Ernst von Freyberg has solid financial and Catholic credentials as a former investment banker and member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, an ancient chivalrous order drawn from European nobility. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Posted: 2/15/2013 10:38:24 AM EST
Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi arrives to meet the media during a press conference, at the Vatican, Friday Feb. 15, 2013. Pope Benedict XVI has signed off on one of the last major appointments of his papacy, approving a German lawyer to head the Vatican's embattled bank. Ernst Von Freyberg has solid financial and Catholic credentials as a member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, an ancient chivalrous order drawn from European nobility. The Vatican said Von Freyberg had been appointed by the bank's commission of cardinals and that the pope had "expressed his full consent." (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Posted: 2/15/2013 9:58:27 AM EST
Photo released by DC Advisory on Friday, Feb 15, 2013 shows the company's former CEO Ernst von Freyberg. Pope Benedict XVI signed off on one of the last major appointments of his papacy Friday, approving the German lawyer and financier to head the Vatican’s embattled bank. Von Freyberg has solid financial and Catholic credentials as a former investment banker and member of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, an ancient chivalrous order drawn from European nobility. (AP Photo/DC Advisory, HO)
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Posted: 2/15/2013 3:43:37 AM EST
Senate Armed Services Committee members, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. confer on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, at the start of the committee's hearing on the appointments of military leaders. The two Republicans have been vocal in their opposition to the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the next secretary of defense. While Democrats hold a 55-45 edge in the Senate and have the numbers to confirm Hagel on a majority vote, they need the support of five Republicans to clear the way for an up-or-down vote on him. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Posted: 2/14/2013 5:38:51 PM EST
Senate Armed Services Committee members Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., arrive for a hearing on the appointments of military leaders, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republicans on the committee have been vocal in their opposition to the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the next secretary of defense. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
