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  • Sean and Natalie Guthrie, of Boston, right, take photos of their 11-year-old daughter Leilani Guthrie posing with President Barack Obama, as he and Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate, Rep. Ed Markey watch at center during a campaign stop at Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe in Boston, Wednesday, June 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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  • **FILE** President Obama walks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington to board Marine One on May 9, 2013. (Associated Press)

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  • Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Gabriel Gomez, center, gives a thumbs up as he takes to the stage next to his daughter Olivia, 13, left, before addressing an audience with a victory speech at a watch party, in Cohasset, Mass., Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Gomez won his primary bid for the Republican nomination to contest a U.S. Senate seat, defeating Republican hopefuls Michael Sullivan and Dan Winslow. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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  • **FILE** President Obama visited the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard in Cushing, Okla., in March 2012. Embarking on a second term, he faces mounting pressure on a decision he put off during his re-election campaign: whether to approve the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline between the U.S. and Canada. (Associated Press)

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  • **FILE** Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Massachusetts Democrat (Associated Press)

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  • Rep. Edward J. Markey (left) is still favored to win the the Democratic runoff election for a Senate seat against Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, which will decide who moves on to the June 25 special election. (Associated Press)

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  • President Obama watches as his Interior Secretary nominee Sally Jewell, a former CEO of REI Inc., gets a kiss from outgoing Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar on Wednesday. The announcement was made in the White House State Dining Room. (Associated Press)

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