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Audience members listen as tenor Anthony Kearns performs at a Memorial Day tribute to veterans and veterans in Congress held by the Washington Times at the Capitol Hill Club, Washington, D.C, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Texas) at a Memorial Day tribute to veterans and veterans in Congress held by the Washington Times at the Capitol Hill Club, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Tenor Anthony Kearns performs at a Memorial Day tribute to veterans and veterans in Congress held by the Washington Times at the Capitol Hill Club, Washington, D.C, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Member of the Anacostia color guard perform the presentation of colors at a Memorial Day tribute to veterans and veterans in Congress held by the Washington Times at the Capitol Hill Club, Washington, D.C, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Member of the Anacostia color guard perform the presentation of colors at a Memorial Day tribute to veterans and veterans in Congress held by the Washington Times at the Capitol Hill Club, Washington, D.C, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas), left, speaks with Rep. Ralph Hall (R-Texas), right, at a Memorial Day tribute to veterans and veterans in Congress held by the Washington Times at the Capitol Hill Club, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Washington Times Opinion Editor David Keene speaks at a Memorial Day tribute to veterans and veterans in Congress held by the Washington Times at the Capitol Hill Club, Washington, D.C, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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In this photo taken on April 24, 2014, race car driver Kurt Busch jogs to his girlfriend's home after an early morning workout at a gym in Ellicott City, Md. On Memorial Day weekend, NASCAR's bad boy is trying to own the title of baddest man on the track by pulling off racing's version of an IronMan triathlon. In a single day, he'll try and race in the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600, with a race or two against the clock thrown in.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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In this photo taken on April 24, 2014, race car driver Kurt Busch works out at a gym in Ellicott City, Md. On Memorial Day weekend, NASCAR's bad boy is trying to own the title of baddest man on the track by pulling off racing's version of an IronMan triathlon. In a single day, he'll try and race in the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600, with a race or two against the clock thrown in.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, stands next to President Shimon Peres, second right, as they commemorate Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism in a ceremony on Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on Monday, May 5, 2014. Israel came to a standstill on Monday as sirens wailed across the country on its annual Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, Pool)