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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (C) poses with US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (L) and Minority Leder Mitch McConnell (R) prior to talks at the Capitol in Washington on June 16, 2009.

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  1. A South Korean anti-war activist weard a carboard cut-out face of South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak during a rally near the US embassy in Seoul on November 3, 2009, denouncing Seoul's decision to send troops to Afghanistan. South Korea has decided to dispatch hundreds of troops to Afghanistan in support for the US efforts to help reconstruct the war-torn Middle country. Lee's speech bubble reads in Korean 'There could be deaths but no danger.'
  2. South Korean anti-war activists wear the masks of South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak (L) and his US counterpart Barack Obama (R) during a rally near the US embassy in Seoul on November 3, 2009 denouncing Seoul's decision to send troops to Afghanistan. South Korea has decided to dispatch hundreds of troops to Afghanistan in support for the US efforts to help reconstruct the war-torn Middle country. Lee's speech bubble reads in Korean 'There could be deaths but no danger' (L) and Obama's bubble reads 'There was coercion but no pressure.
  3. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 26: Bulgarian Labor and Social Policy Minister Totyu Mladenov (L-first row) and Jeon Jae-Hee, Minister for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs of Korea, sign while Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov (L-back) and South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak (R-back) observe the signing ceremony of the social security between Bulgaria and South Korea at the presidential Blue House on October 26, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea. Bulgaria and South Korea met to discuss economic exchanges and to strengthen bilateral relationships in trade, culture and diplomacy.
  4. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 26: Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov (L) talks with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak (R) after the signing ceremony of the Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) between Bulgaria and South Korea at the presidential Blue House on October 26, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea. Bulgaria and South Korea met to discuss economic exchanges and to strengthen bilateral relationships in trade, culture and diplomacy.
  5. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 26: Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov (L) shake hands with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak (R) after the signing ceremony of the Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) between Bulgaria and South Korea at the presidential Blue House on October 26, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea. Bulgaria and South Korea met to discuss economic exchanges and to strengthen bilateral relationships in trade, culture and diplomacy.
  6. Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov (L) walks with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak (R) during a welcome ceremony at the Blue house in Seoul October 26, 2009. Parvanov is on an official visit to South Korea.
  7. US President Barack Obama speaks during an event celebrating the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2009. Dedicated to improving civic education and educating about the role and importance of the US Senate and named after the late Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, the Institute will be located on the campus of the University of Massachusetts.
  8. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) puts his arm around Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as they speak about their meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009.
  9. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Ranking member U.S. Senate Finance Committee member Chuck Grassley (R-IA) listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments to healthcare reform legislation.
  10. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) speaks during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments to healthcare reform legislation.
  11. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) (2nd R) talks to Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) (L) and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) during a break in a hearing on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments to healthcare reform legislation.
  12. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Ranking U.S. Senate Finance Committee member Chuck Grassley (R-IA) (C) speaks as (L-R) Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV), Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) listen during a hearing on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments to healthcare reform legislation.
  13. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 26: Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) arrives for a news conference to announce the inclusion of the 'public option' in the Senate's version of the health care reform legislation October 26, 2009 in Washington, DC. Reid said that states would be able to opt out of the public option until 2014.
  14. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 26: Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) arrives for a news conference to announce the inclusion of the 'public option' in the Senate's version of the health care reform legislation October 26, 2009 in Washington, DC. Reid said that states would be able to opt out of the public option until 2014.
  15. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (C) is flanked by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (L) and Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Development Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-CT) while taking questions from reporters in the U.S. Captiol October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. Reid reinforced the Senate Democrats' position on including a 'public option' in its version of the health care reform legislation.
  16. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. He is joined by, from left, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M, Reid, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., right.

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