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  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Eyes wide open on Sen. Casey

    I hope that people are finally taking the blinders off about Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr., Pennsylvania Democrat. He is not "just like his father." Over the years, Mr. Casey's votes have been very telling. He has generally said one thing, but done another.

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  • Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr., Pennsylvania Democrat (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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  • Illustration: Political party brawl by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times.

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  • Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihino Noda, front left, U.S. President Barack Obama, center front, and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, sitting right, attend the East Asia Summit at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

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  • Linda Lee (right), the owner of the Lions Den Coffee Bar in Fisherville, Pa., has arranged straw men of President Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, having coffee together on the porch outside the front entrance on Monday as Nancy Jacobson looks on. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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  • Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

    RAHN: How soon they forget

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  • "Preventing a nuclear Iran may tragically require a military solution," says Sen. Marco Rubio. (Associated Press)

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  • Former Sen. Rick Santorum won union support after helping push through federal funding for new sports stadiums in Pittsburgh and a tunnel leading to them. (Associated Press)

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  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2012, following the Democrats' weekly strategy session. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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  • Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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