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Occupy DC protesters cover the statue of Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson in the center of McPherson Square, top center, with a large blue tarp at noon on the day of a deadline the National Park Service set to remove camping material from McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza, Washington, DC, Monday, January 30, 2012. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Occupy DC protesters cover the statue of Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson in the center of McPherson Square with a large blue tarp at noon on the day of a deadline the National Park Service set to remove camping material from McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza, Washington, DC, Monday, January 30, 2012. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Joseph Moehrle of Fredrick, Md. wears a gas mask and waves a United States flag after protesters cover the statue of Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson in the center of McPherson Square with a large blue tarp at noon on the day of a deadline the National Park Service set to remove camping material from McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza, Washington, DC, Monday, January 30, 2012. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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James McPherson of Norfolk, Va., holds an upside-down American flag on Jan. 30, 2012, at the Occupy D.C. encampment at Freedom Plaza in D.C. Park Police said they would begin to enforce the no-camping laws at noon that day. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Occupy D.C. protesters cover the statue of Major Gen. James McPherson in the center of McPherson Square with a large blue tarp at noon on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 — the deadline the National Park Service set to remove camping material from the square and from Freedom Plaza in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Occupy D.C. protesters cover the statue of Major Gen. James McPherson in the center of McPherson Square with a large blue tarp at noon on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 — the deadline the National Park Service set to remove camping material from the square and from Freedom Plaza in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Occupy D.C. protesters cover the statue of Major Gen. James McPherson in the center of McPherson Square with a large blue tarp at noon on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 — the deadline the National Park Service set to remove camping material from the square and from Freedom Plaza in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Tents still remain throughout McPherson Square less than an hour before the deadline set by the National Park Service for Occupy D.C. protesters to remove camping material from the square and Freedom Plaza in Washington on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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John Amick of the District with his Occupy flag gathers with Occupiers from McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza on the West Lawn. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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With the U.S. Capitol in the distance, singer Jackson Browne performs for a small crowd at Freedom Plaza, the site of a protest encampment, on Monday. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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A group of protestors arrive at Freedom Plaza during a protest affiliated with the "Occupy D.C." movement in Washington, D.C., Monday, October 10, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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People start to move about Freedom Plaza in Washington, Monday, Oct. 10, 2011, among protest signs, as part of a protest against the war and corporate America. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Protesters form a huge human number "99" to symbolize the 99% of americans they are representing in a large protest against corporate greed at Freedom Plaza, Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Protester Andy Shallal of Washington paints "Foreclosed" on a cardboard house as hundreds of protesters gather at Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Sheila Culkin of Chicago shields the sun with her sign as she stands with hundreds of protesters, upset about a variety of issues, from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs, in Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House and U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters and along K Street Northwest in Washington on Oct. 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A police line stands in front of the Chamber of Commerce building as hundreds of protesters, upset about corporate greed rally outside after gathering at Freedom Plaza in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Code Pink protester Medea Venjamin, right, holds a handful of job resumes as she leads protesters, upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed, to bang on the front of the Chamber of Commerce building during a march from Freedom Plaza to K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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A police line stands in front of the Chamber of Commerce building as hundreds of protesters, upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed rally outside after gathering at Freedom Plaza in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Hundreds of protesters upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed march from the White House to the Chamber of Commerce after rallying on Freedom Plaza in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Head Roc, a hip hop artist from Washington, DC performs for hundreds of protesters, upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs, at Freedom Plaza before protesters march to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)