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FILE - Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I. speaks during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Sept. 22, 2009 file photo. Kennedy says Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has barred him from receiving communion because of his support of abortion rights. The Providence Journal reported on its Web site Sunday Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)

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Report: Kennedy ... FILE - Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I. speaks during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Sept. 22, 2009 file photo. Kennedy says Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has barred him from receiving communion because of his support of abortion rights. The Providence Journal reported on its Web site Sunday Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)
Historic health ... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, as Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., right, and Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa looks on. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Sizing up the Ke... In this Oct. 31, 2002 file photo, then-Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is embraced by her uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., at a campaign rally at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md. The late Sen. Edward Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. Kennedy's brain-cancer death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted plenty of speculation that the family's long-running political dynasty is over. (AP Photo/Roberto Borea, File)
Fort Hood suspec... FILE - This 2000 file picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when was a medical student at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday Nov. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, file)
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Biden says Senat... Vice President Joe Biden speaks to fellow Democrats at the Jefferson Jackson Dinner, Saturday Nov. 21, 2009 in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Steve Pope)
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Obama trumpets A... US President Barack Obama, center, walks to Air Force One with Gen. Walter Sharp, right, and US Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens , left, during his departure from Osan Air Base in South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Ethics committee... FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2009 file photo Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill. is seen during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, the Senate ethics committee admonished Burris for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama. The committee didn't recommend any punishment. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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SC lawmakers to ... FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 13, 2009 South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford attends a meeting in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina lawmakers say they'll formally consider the possible impeachment of Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)
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UN chief prods S... U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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