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Reporter and videographer Stephen Farrell (from left), photographer Tyler Hicks, Turkish Embassy representative to Libya Levent Sahinkaya, photographer Lynsey Addario and Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Shadid posed for this photo on March 21 , 2011, after the U.S. journalists were held by pro-government forces in Libya and released to the care of the Turkish Embassy in Tripoli. EPA/Landov hide caption

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Thursday

The size of the Marine Corps could be reduced with the withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, as the Pentagon focuses its resources on other types of threats, like cyberattacks. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption

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No More 'Wine And Roses' For Defense Spending

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An F/A-18F Super Hornet lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65). The ship's commander is currently under investigation for raunchy videos he made when he was her executive officer. MCSN Jared M. King/U.S. Navy hide caption

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Getting Fired By The Navy Isn't Hard To Do

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Monday

The first light rail car prepares to leave a station stop at the official opening of Metro Light Rail on Dec. 27, 2008, in Phoenix. The 20-mile, $1.4 billion line runs from north-central Phoenix through downtown, and then east through suburban Tempe and Mesa. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption

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Light Rail Transforming Cities, Guiding Development

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Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board delivers his keynote speech at the sixth European Central Bank (ECB) Central Banking conference in Frankfurt, Friday Nov. 19, 2010. KAI PFAFFENBACH/POOL Reuters hide caption

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Thursday

One of Joao's more famous photographs. Iraq: Karmah: October 31, 2006: Sgt Jesse E. Leach drags Lance CPL Juan Valdez of the 4th mobile assault platoon Weapons company 2nd battalion 8th Marines to safety moments after he was shot by a sniper during a joined patrol with the Iraqi Army in Karmah, Anbar Province, Iraq. Valdez was shot through the arm and the right side but survived. Joao Silva/Joao Silva hide caption

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So it's begun.Commemorative mugs to mark the engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton are seen at the Prince William Pottery Company in Liverpool today. Peter Byrne/PA Wire/EMPPL PA Wire hide caption

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Lt. Dan Choi, center, stands with other protesters after handcuffing themselves to the fence outside the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, during a protest for gay-rights. The group demanded that President Obama keep his promise to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption

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