Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman addresses the Conservative Heartland Leadership Conference, Thursday, June 4, 2009 in St. Louis. Coleman is in the middle of a prolonged dispute with Democrat Al Franken over one of Minnesota's U.S. Senate seats. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman addresses the Conservative Heartland Leadership Conference, Thursday, June 4, 2009 in St. Louis. Coleman is in the middle of a prolonged dispute with Democrat Al Franken over one of Minnesota's U.S. Senate seats.

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  1. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
  2. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has a microphone attached to his tie before addressing a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
  3. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
  4. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
  5. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
  6. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 21: Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a forum of the Foreign Policy Initiative at the W Hotel September 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. Romney said the Obama Administration's foreign policy has alienated allies like Poland and encouraged autocrats like Vladamir Putin in Russia.
  7. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) (L) and Sen. Al Frankin (D-MN) visit before the bill signing ceremony for the FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act in the East Room of the White House October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. The $681 billion U.S. defense budget bill provides for a 3.4 percent pay increase for members of the U.S. military and included legislation that makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation.
  8. U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) (R) talks to Ron Klain (L), Chief of Staff for U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, outside of the senate Democrats' weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 8, 2009. Also pictured is Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) (C).
  9. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks to the media about the Democratic health care bill on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, in Washington. Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., Al Franken, D-Minn., second left, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listen in the back.
  10. Sens. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., left, Al Franken, D-Minn., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Mark Begich, D-Alaska, Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., are all smiles during a news conference on health care legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.
  11. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 14: Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (C) walks past Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) (L) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) (R) as they talk with aids during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 14, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on legislation to repeal a federal antitrust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance companies.
  12. Senate Judiciary Committee member Senator Al Franken, D-MN, attends a hearing on Patriot Act re-authorization September 23, 2009 in the Dirksen Senate Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

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  5. Mourners hold a banner with a picture of slain Turkish soldier Cengiz Saribas as they chant nationalist slogans following a funeral ceremony in Istanbul December 9, 2009. Saribas was one of seven Turkish soldiers who were killed by unidentified gunmen on Monday in Tokat province, northern Turkey, where attacks by Kurdish militants are rare.
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  10. BERLIN - DECEMBER 09: German Family Minister Kristina Koehler uses her blackberry phone during the weekly German government cabinet meeting at the Chancellery (Bundeskanzleramt) on December 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. High on the morning's agenda was the participation of the German armed Forces Bundeswehr at the international operation, so called 'Atalanta'.
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  12. Chinese film director Zhang Yimou speaks about his new movie "Amazing Tales: Three Guns" during a news conference in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009.
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  16. Malek Khan Agha, a local leader of the Pastun tribe, vows to resist Taliban inroads in his remote village of Saeb Zada in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, during a meeting with NATO troops. The French Foreign Legion forces in charge of this volatile district of the Kapisa region are vying for influence with insurgents in the area.