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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 20: U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) stands on the portico outside of the Senate at the U.S. Capitol September 20, 2011 in Washington, DC. This is the first policy luncheon since U.S. President Barack Obama announced his federal deficit and spending reduction plan...

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U.S. Sen. Bob Corker speaks to reporters after a meeting of the Smith County Chamber of Commerce in Carthage, Tenn. , on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011. The Tennessee Republican said it could be three to four years before Congress passes national guidelines on sales tax collections by online...

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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 29: U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) speaks during a press conference by Republican senators on a balanced budget amendment at the U.S. Capitol June 29, 2011 in Washington, DC. Republicans are urging their Democratic colleagues to support a balanced budget amendment.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. , followed by Richard Shelby, R-Ala. , Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. , and others, arrives to make a statement after a Republican policy luncheon, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 08: Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol after the Senate voted on a bill regarding fees that merchants pay banks each time a shopper swipes a debit card June 8, 2011 in Washington, DC. The legislation caps debit card swipe fees to 12...

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WASHINGTON - JUNE 08: U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) (C) talks to Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) (R) during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for Ambassador Ryan Crocker June 8, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Crocker, who was ambassador to Iraq from 2007...

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Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. , center, talks to the reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2011, after the Senate voted to let the Federal Reserve slice the fees that stores must pay banks each time a customer swipes a debit card, handing merchants a victory over banks...

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Tennessee Republican Senator Bob Corker (R) speaks with Florida Democratic Senator Bill Nelson prior to hearing former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter, wife of former US President Jimmy Carter, speak during a US Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington,...

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US President Barack Obama chats with Senator Bob Corker, R-TN, as he steps off Air Force One May 16, 2011 upon arrival at the 164th Air Lift Wing, Tennessee Air National Guard base in Memphis, Tennessee. Obama is in Memphis to deliver a commencement address and to meet with families...

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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. , listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011, during the committee's hearing to examine the status of response capability and readiness for oil spills in foreign outer continental...

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Senate Banking Committee member Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. listens to testimony by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, on how the European debt crisis could undermine the U.S. economy.

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US Republican Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee questions witnesses testifying before the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the recent events at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi reactor complex because of the earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March...

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 17: Senate Foreign Relations Committee member U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) attends a hearing about the recent popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa March 17, 2011 in Washington, DC. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns said...

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 20: In this handout image provided by NATO, Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) (front) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) (top right) visit the Afghan National Police Academy, February 20, 2011 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan National...

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. , makes a statement on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, after a Republican policy luncheon. From left are, Sen. Lamar Alexander, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. , Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind. , McConnell, and Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala.

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U.S. Senate Banking Subcommittee Chairman Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) (L) speaks to Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) during a hearing on banks and the financial crisis on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 15, 2011.

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, and Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan, second from left, along with Senate Banking Committee member Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. , second from right, arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington,Tuesday, March 15, 2011, for the committee's hearing on the...

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Senate Aging Committee Chairman Sen. Herb Kohl. D-Wis. , center, gets a hug from entertainer Mickey Rooney, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 2, 2011, as Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. looks on at left, prior to Rooney testify about elder abuse, before the committee.

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass. , left, confers with committee member Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 2, 2011, during the committee's hearing where Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies.

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In this Feb. 20, 2011 photo provided by NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan, Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. , and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. , top right, visit the Afghan National Police Academy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. Corker and...

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Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. , a member of the Senate's Democratic leadership, task on her phone as work on the debt-limit crisis continues on Capitol Hill, Saturday evening, July 30, 2011. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. , is at top right.

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. , right, talks with the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2011, prior to the committee's hearing on US policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan. ...

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President Barack Obama speaks with Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, center, after stepping off Air Force One in Memphis, Tenn. , for private meetings with families affected by flooding, and to deliver the commencement address at Booker T. Washington High School, Monday, May 16, 2011. Also...

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, is welcomed on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 2, 2011, by Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. , left, and committee's ranking Republican Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind. , right, as she...