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WASHINGTON - JULY 31: In this handout provided by the White House, Vice President Joe Biden (R) looks out the window as U.S. President Barack Obama talks on the phone with House Speaker John Boehner in the Oval Office to discuss ongoing efforts in the debt limit and deficit reduction talks July 31, 2011 in Washington, DC. Obama announced that congressional leaders had reached a tentative agreement to extend the federal debt limit while enacting spending cuts. (Photo by Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images)
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In this photo released by Colombia's Armed Forces Press Office, a soldier stands in front of the wreckage of a Cessna C206, Thursday, May 18, 2023, that crashed in the jungle of Solano in the Caqueta state of Colombia. A search continues for four Indigenous children who may have survived the deadly plane crash in the Amazon jungle on May 1. On Tuesday, May 16, soldiers found the wreckage and the bodies of three adults, including the pilot and the children's mother.
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