Republican presidential candidate Texas Governor Rick Perry walks to his bus after a campaign stop in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on August 16, 2011. (Jim Young/courtesy Reuters)
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Frank B. Kellogg, Ambassador to England, and Secretary of State Hughes in Mr. Hughes' office on the day of the announcement of Kellogg's appointment as Hughes's successor. (Courtesy the Library of Congress)
Policemen gather at the site of a bomb attack in Najaf on August 15, 2011. (Ali Abu Shish/courtesy Reuters)
The United Nations Security Council meets at the UN Headquarters in New York on July 13, 2011. (Mike Segar/courtesy Reuters)
The Council on Foreign Relations headquarters in New York City.
A view of the White House after the fire. (William Strickland and George Munger/courtesy the Library of Congress)
Libyans celebrate in Benghazi on August 23, 2011 after rebel fighters entered Tripoli. The poster features images of U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice, British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and U.S. President Barack Obama (L-R). (Esam Al-Fetori/courtesy Reuters)
People gather near the courthouse in Benghazi on August 22, 2011 to celebrate the entry of rebel fighters into Tripoli. (Esam Al-Fetori/courtesy Reuters)
Libyan rebel fighters step on a picture of Muammar al-Qaddafi at a checkpoint in Tripoli's Qarqarsh district on August 22, 2011. (Bob Strong/courtesy Reuters)
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad answers journalists after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on December 9, 2010. (Benoit Tessier/courtesy Reuters)
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