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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Leahy chairs a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (R) listens to testimony at a committee hearing on "The Performance Rights Act and Parity among Music Delivery Platforms" on Capitol Hill in Washington on August 4, 2009. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn

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Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Roskos with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," participates in the annual Flags-In ceremony, May 23, 2013, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Soldiers place American flags in front of more than 260,000 gravestones in the cemetery in honor of Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietsch