Kelly Ayotte

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Kelly Ayotte

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** FILE ** Sen. Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican, speaks with reporters after a closed-door meeting with U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice about the deadly Sept. 11 raid in Libya, at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Homeland Security Committee, center, accompanied by fellow Senate Armed Services Committee member, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H.,, right, gestures while speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, after a closed-door meeting with UN Ambassador Susan Rice. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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**FILE** Sen. John McCain (right) of Arizona, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and fellow committee member Sen. Kelly Ayotte (left), New Hampshire Republican, listen as Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 14, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), center, Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), right, and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), left, hold a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building calling for a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on the Benghazi attack, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), left, Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), second from left, and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), right, hold a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building calling for a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on the Benghazi attack, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.), right, Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), left, and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), center, hold a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building calling for a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on the Benghazi attack, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), center, Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), right, and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), left, hold a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building calling for a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on the Benghazi attack, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Sens. John McCain, Arizona Republican, left; Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, center; and Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican, right, call for a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on the Benghazi attack during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Sens. John McCain, Arizona Republican, right; Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, left; and Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican, center, call for a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on the Benghazi attack during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center, accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, to criticize President Barack Obama for insisting that employers must provide health insurance that includes birth control for women. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is joined on stage by Sen. Kelly Ayotte R-NH (left) and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) (right) as they introduce him to the crowd at the Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH, Saturday, January 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is joined on stage by Sen. Kelly Ayotte R-NH (left) and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) (right) as they introduce him to the crowd at the Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH, Saturday, January 7, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)