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Iraqi men watch U.S. President Barack Obama's speech on television at a coffee shop in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. Iraq's prime minister says disagreements about legal protection for U.S. soldiers scuttled months of negotiations to keep American troops in Iraq beyond this year. Nouri al-Maliki told reporters Saturday that he still wants American help in training Iraqi forces to use military equipment Baghdad is buying from the United States. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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** FILE ** In this Saturday, April 12, 2011, file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his office in the heavily protected Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)

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President Barack Obama speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, where he declared an end to the Iraq war, one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in U.S. history, announcing that all U.S. troops would be withdrawn from the country by year's end. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Obama speaks at the White House on Oct 21, 2011, addressing the status of U.S. forces in Iraq. (Associated Press)

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Alaa Mohammed grieves over the coffin of his brother, Iraqi policeman Sattar Mohammed, in Baghdad on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. A slew of bombings targeting police in the capital killed 25 people and wounded scores of others, police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

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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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Protester Barry Freed with Occupy DC holds a sign that reads "End the FED" and wears a Guy Fox mask as he marches with hundreds of protesters, upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed, along K Street 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)

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Signs concerning a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs are layed out at Freedom Plaza as hundreds of protesters gather before marching to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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A group from Wisconsin marches to a stage where hundreds of protesters, upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs, gather at Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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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 protest group calling themselves the Raging Grannies sing on stage as hundreds of protesters, upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs, gather at Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Protester Jim Goodnow, a non-combat Vietnam veteran from Terlingua, Texas, has "End warfare, not healthcare written on his cast while he joins 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 marching to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Code Pink protesters Medea Venjamin, left, tapes up a foreclosure sign on a painted cardboard house while hundreds of protesters, upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs, gather at Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Protesters Emily Keel, left, of Robersonville, North Carolina and Kit Kittridge, right, of Quilcene, Washington with Code Pink set up a "Peace Ribbon" in Freedom Plaza which honors those who have lost their lives in Afghanistan and Iraq, Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. 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 marching to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in Northwest. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Protester Bob Bowes from Somerville, Massachusetts holds an american flag which has corporate logos instead of starts at a protest for a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs at Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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Art Brennan, a retired superior court judge from New Hampshire gives out advice on how to deal with police and what to do if arrested to protesters, upset about a variety of issues from the ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to corporate greed and jobs, as they gather at Freedom Plaza before marching to the White House, Chamber of Commerce and along K Street in NW Washington, DC, October 6, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)