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This photo taken Feb. 12, 2014 shows Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, walking with Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress has sent President Barack Obama legislation restoring full cost-of-living pension increases for younger military retirees, a capitulation to veterans groups that opposed a modest cut when it was enacted late last year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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FILE - In this March 23, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama is applauded after signing the Affordable Care Act into law in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Big retail stores, hotels, restaurants and other firms with lots of low-wage and part-time workers are among the main beneficiaries of the Obama administration’s latest tweak to health care rules. Those companies will now be able to avoid the biggest of two potential employer penalties in the Affordable Care Act by offering coverage to 70 percent of their full-time workers, easier than the previous 95 percent mandate. But the wiggle room is only good for next year. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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FILE - In this June 12, 2013, file photo, workers assemble Volkswagen Passat sedans at the German automaker's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. Workers at the plant will decide in a three-day vote Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)

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FILE - In this March 21, 2012, file photo, workers walk by the Volkswagen AG plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. Workers at the plant will decide in a three-day vote Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)

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Esther Kim, manager at Fantom Comics in Union Station, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Esther Kim, manager at Fantom Comics in Union Station, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, February 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)