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President Obama pauses as he speaks before signing executive orders to protect LGBT employees from federal workplace discrimination in the East Room of the White House on July 21, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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A Colorado company is offering free condoms to Hobby Lobby employees despite the fact the company health plan already covers them. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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The Broadcasting Board of Governors, despite changes by Congress, will retain the mission of the VOA charter: to broadcast factual and truthful news, to promote democracy and free speech in countries where they are repressed, and to present factually the U.S. government's foreign policy and values to global audiences. (Associated Press/File)

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FILE - In this July 9, 2014, file photo, Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The freshman senator and four-term Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state have pushed legislation that would counter last month’s court ruling and reinstate free contraception for women who are on health insurance plans of objecting companies. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

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Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey A. Stewart said that members have directed the county's executive to find out, among other things, how many children are being housed in the county. (The Washington Times)

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has said that Republican employment policies have helped people in his state, among others. However, the statistics he cited fail to take into account those people who have given up trying to find work entirely, thereby reducing the overall tallies of the unemployed. (Associated Press)

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has said that Republican employment policies have helped people in his state, among others. However, the statistics he cited fail to take into account those people who have given up trying to find work entirely, thereby reducing the overall tallies of the unemployed. (associated press)

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Construction workers work behind tarps in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., Monday, July 14, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Nurturing stronger economic growth and lower unemployment rather than worrying about emerging market bubbles is the continued focus of the Federal Reserve. (Associated Press)

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This March 27, 2009, file photo shows the Treasury Building in Washington. The Washington Times reports that the IRS regularly lends — a nice way of saying "rents" — government workers to the National Treasury Employees Union. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)