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Sens. Levin, McCain hold Capitol Hill news conference on counterfeit electronic defense parts sold in China
Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin, D-MI, (L) and ranking member Sen. John McCain, R-AZ, hold a news conference on the Chinese government's failure to cooperate in an ongoing Senate Armed Services Committee's investigation into counterfeit electronic parts in the Defense Department's supply chain on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2011. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

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Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin talks to victims from the May 20 tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, May 22, 2013. The EF-5 tornado cut a path of destruction approximately 17 miles by 1.3 miles wide and left 24 people dead. UPI/J.P. Wilson