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Posted: 6/8/2013 11:48:24 AM EST
File- In this Tuesday, March 30, 2010, file photo, two ceiling-mounted video surveillance cameras are seen as a man awaits the arrival of a No. 1 subway train at the 34th Street station, in New York. In a 2011 poll by The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, 54 percent of those surveyed felt protecting citizens' rights and freedoms should be a higher priority for the government than keeping people safe from terrorists. At the same time, 64 percent said it was sometimes necessary to sacrifice some rights and freedoms to fight terrorism. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)
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Posted: 6/8/2013 10:09:44 AM EST
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, left, answers a question during a joint press conference with Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 8, 2013. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle arrived in Kabul on a surprise visit Saturday to meet with his Afghan counterpart, Zalmai Rasoul, and other officials. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)
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Posted: 6/8/2013 10:09:44 AM EST
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle speaks during a joint press conference with Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul, not shown, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 8, 2013. Westerwelle arrived in Kabul on a surprise visit Saturday to meet with his Afghan counterpart and other officials. Following talks Westerwelle told a news conference that his country would remain committed to Afghanistan after the 2014 withdrawal of most of the international forces. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)
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Posted: 6/8/2013 8:58:31 AM EST
FILE – In this May 16, 2013, file photo Neil Heslin, right, who's son Jesse was killed in the Newtown, Ct., shootings, and other advocates for tougher gun laws, protest New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte's position on gun background checks during a press conference in Concord, N.H. Ayotte has taken a sustained political beating on New Hampshire television sets for voting with her Republican Party and against universal background checks on gun purchases. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
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Posted: 6/8/2013 6:25:38 AM EST
Press gather outisde the hospital, unseen, in Pretoria, South Africa where it is believed that former president Nelson Mandela was hospitalized with a recuring lunch infection early Saturday, June 8, 2013. A presidential statement said that Mandela was in a serious but stable condition. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 6/8/2013 6:25:38 AM EST
Press gather outisde the hospital in Pretoria, South Africa where it is believed that former president Nelson Mandela was hospitalized with a recuring lunch infection early Saturday, June 8, 2013. A presidential statement said that Mandela was in a serious but stable condition. (AP Photo)
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Posted: 6/7/2013 6:43:07 PM EST
Morgan Pressel hits a tee shot on the 18th hole at the Wegman's LPGA Golf Championship at Locust Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., Friday, June 7, 2013. (AP Photo/The Buffalo News, James P. McCoy) TV OUT; MAGAZINES OUT; SALAMANCA PRESS OUT; TONAWANDA NEWS OUT-
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Posted: 6/7/2013 6:43:07 PM EST
Brittany Lincicome hits a tee shot on the ninth hole at the Wegman's LPGA Golf Championship at Locust Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., Friday, June 7, 2013. (AP Photo/The Buffalo News, James P. McCoy) TV OUT; MAGAZINES OUT; SALAMANCA PRESS OUT; TONAWANDA NEWS OUT-
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Posted: 6/7/2013 6:43:07 PM EST
Jessica Korda hits a fairway shot on the 18th hole at the Wegman's LPGA Golf Championship at Locust Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., Friday, June 7, 2013. (AP Photo/The Buffalo News, James P. McCoy) TV OUT; MAGAZINES OUT; SALAMANCA PRESS OUT; TONAWANDA NEWS OUT-
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Posted: 6/7/2013 3:45:02 PM EST
FILE- This photo from Thursday, June 6, 2013, shows an aerial view of the National Security Agency's data center in Bluffdale, Utah. Former NSA employee William Binney told The Associated Press that he estimates the agency collects records on 3 billion phone calls each day. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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Posted: 6/7/2013 3:39:09 PM EST
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, June 7, 2013. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)
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Posted: 6/7/2013 1:46:13 PM EST
British actress Helen Mirren takes part in a panel discussion of HBO's "Phil Spector" during the 2013 Winter Press Tour for the Television Critics Association in Pasadena, California, January 4, 2013. REUTERS/Gus Ruelas
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Posted: 6/7/2013 10:37:54 AM EST
The shadow of the Washington Monument and surrounding scaffolding is seen from the 231-foot level looking toward the World War II Memorial and Lincoln Memorial, Sunday, June 2, 2013 in Washington. The monument has been closed since the 2011 earthquake and half of the needed repairs have been funded by a $7.5 million donation from philanthropist David Rubenstein. The Associated Press had a look at some of the worst damage and the preparations underway to begin making repairs. Stone by stone, engineers are reviewing cracks, missing pieces and broken mortar now that huge scaffolding has been built around the towering symbol of the nation’s capital. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Posted: 6/7/2013 6:07:23 AM EST
The shadow of the Washington Monument and surrounding scaffolding is seen from the 231-foot level looking toward the World War II Memorial and Lincoln Memorial, Sunday, June 2, 2013 in Washington. The monument has been closed since the 2011 earthquake and half of the needed repairs have been funded by a $7.5 million donation from philanthropist David Rubenstein. The Associated Press had a look at some of the worst damage and the preparations underway to begin making repairs. Stone by stone, engineers are reviewing cracks, missing pieces and broken mortar now that huge scaffolding has been built around the towering symbol of the nation’s capital. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Posted: 6/7/2013 6:07:23 AM EST
Scaffolding surrounds the Washington Monument Sunday, June 2, 2013 in Washington. The monument has been closed since the 2011 earthquake and half of the needed repairs have been funded by a $7.5 million donation from philanthropist David Rubenstein. The Associated Press had a look at some of the worst damage and the preparations underway to begin making repairs. Stone by stone, engineers are reviewing cracks, missing pieces and broken mortar now that huge scaffolding has been built around the towering symbol of the nation’s capital. Once each trouble spot is identified, repairs can begin. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Posted: 6/7/2013 6:07:23 AM EST
Repairs have begun on a crack in a stone of the Washington Monument at the 231-foot level, Sunday, June 2, 2013 in Washington. The monument has been closed since the 2011 earthquake and half of the needed repairs have been funded by a $7.5 million donation from philanthropist David Rubenstein. The Associated Press had a look at some of the worst damage and the preparations underway to begin making repairs. Stone by stone, engineers are reviewing cracks, missing pieces and broken mortar now that huge scaffolding has been built around the towering symbol of the nation’s capital. Once each trouble spot is identified, repairs can begin. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Posted: 6/7/2013 6:07:23 AM EST
Philanthropist David Rubenstein, left, and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, stand during an interview with The Associated Press at the 491-foot level of the scaffolding surrounding the Washington Monument, Sunday, June 2, 2013 in Washington. The monument has been closed since the 2011 earthquake and half of the needed repairs have been funded by a $7.5 million donation from Rubenstein. The Associated Press had a look at some of the worst damage and the preparations underway to begin making repairs. Stone by stone, engineers are reviewing cracks, missing pieces and broken mortar now that huge scaffolding has been built around the towering symbol of the nation’s capital. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Posted: 6/7/2013 6:07:23 AM EST
The sun is seen through the scaffolding surrounding the Washington Monument at the 231-foot level, Sunday, June 2, 2013, in Washington. The monument has been closed since the 2011 earthquake and half of the needed repairs have been funded by a $7.5 million donation from philanthropist David Rubenstein. The Associated Press had a look at some of the worst damage and the preparations underway to begin making repairs. Stone by stone, engineers are reviewing cracks, missing pieces and broken mortar now that huge scaffolding has been built around the towering symbol of the nation’s capital. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Posted: 6/7/2013 6:07:23 AM EST
Bob Collie, project manager with Perini Management Services, puts his finger in a crack of the Washington Monument at the 491-foot level of the scaffolding surrounding the monument, Sunday, June 2, 2013 in Washington. The monument has been closed since the 2011 earthquake and half of the needed repairs have been funded by a $7.5 million donation from philanthropist David Rubenstein. The Associated Press had a look at some of the worst damage and the preparations underway to begin making repairs. Stone by stone, engineers are reviewing cracks, missing pieces and broken mortar now that huge scaffolding has been built around the towering symbol of the nation’s capital. Once each trouble spot is identified, repairs can begin. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Posted: 6/7/2013 6:07:23 AM EST
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, center, speaks at the 491-foot level of the scaffolding surrounding the Washington Monument, after climbing a ladder to the top of the monument's pyramidion, Sunday, June 2, 2013 in Washington. The monument has been closed since the 2011 earthquake and half of the needed repairs have been funded by a $7.5 million donation from philanthropist David Rubenstein. The Associated Press had a look at some of the worst damage and the preparations underway to begin making repairs. Stone by stone, engineers are reviewing cracks, missing pieces and broken mortar now that huge scaffolding has been built around the towering symbol of the nation’s capital. Once each trouble spot is identified, repairs can begin. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
