Take a look at 18 photos of the week in politics from November 29 to December 5.
The week in politics
Photos: The week in politics
The American flag flies at half-staff above the White House on Thursday, December 3, in Washington after President Barack Obama signed a proclamation ordering all flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the victims of Wednesday's mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.
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Zoey Verbesey, 10, of McLean, Virginia, and her friend, Catherine Dooley, 9, of Washington, listen at a fundraiser and endorsement event with female senators for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on Monday, November 30.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump autographs a supporter's chest following his speech at a campaign rally at the Prince William County Fairgrounds on Wednesday, December 2, in Manassas, Virginia.
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Women look through a window at the Islamic Center of Jersey City toward a news conference with religious members and local politicians responding to comments about the city made by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, on Thursday, December 3, in Jersey City. Trump claimed Muslims celebrated the September 11 terrorist attacks in Jersey City.
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U.S. Capitol Police ask comedian Jon Stewart to leave the Senate subway area in the Capitol on Thursday, December 3, as he lobbies lawmakers to approve the extension of the James Zadroga Act. Stewart was on Capitol Hill along with New York first responders to call on Congress to fully fund programs that provide health care and compensation to 9/11 first responders and survivors.
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First Lady Michelle Obama talks to children in the State Dining Room at the White House on Wednesday, December 2, in Washington.
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Republican presidential candidate New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during the APPS National Security Forum, on Friday, December 4, in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz hugs businessman Edward Czuker after being introduced to speak at the Republican Jewish Coalition presidential candidates forum in Washington on Thursday, December 3.
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NATO Supreme Allied Commander and U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove, center, speaks with the chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Czech Army General Petr Pavel, left, and Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, French Air Force General Denis Mercier, at the start of the NATO Ministerial Meeting on the South, Partnerships, and Defense Capacity at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, December 1.
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President Barack Obama, second left, and French President Francois Hollande, right, have dinner at L'Ambroisie restaurant in Paris, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, second right, and others, as part of the COP21 World Climate Change Conference in Le Bourget, north of Paris, on Monday, November 30.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, reacts to squeezing into a tight spot as he joins fellow diplomats for a OSCE Ministerial Council group photo in Belgrade, Serbia, on Thursday, December 3. Foreign ministers attended the opening session at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe summit.
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A bus for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is seen outside the Radisson Hotel before the Jefferson Jackson Dinner on Sunday, November 29, in Manchester, New Hampshire.
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U.S. Republican presidential candidate and Senator Marco Rubio is greeted as he arrives at a campaign town hall meeting in Laconia, New Hampshire, on Monday, November 30.
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Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich takes a shot on the basketball court at the Fisk Middle School prior to a campaign stop in Salem, New Hampshire, on Thursday, December 3.
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney, back left, watches as his wife Lynne Cheney, back right, pulls off the cloth covering his marble bust as it is unveiled in the Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, December 3. Congressional leaders and former President George W. Bush paid tribute to Cheney, who also served as a congressman from Wyoming.
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Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden speak at an event in celebration of World AIDS Day, at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, December 1, in New York.
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Members of Congress stand and applaud on Thursday, December 3, as new House Speaker Paul Ryan calls for a bold pro-growth agenda as he delivers his first major policy speech since talking over the gavel just over a month ago, at the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill.
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Miss Piggy, Santa Claus, and President Barack Obama laugh on stage during the national Christmas tree lighting ceremony on the Ellipse south of the White House on Thursday, December 3, in Washington. The lighting of the tree is an annual tradition attended by the president and the first family. Take a look at last week in politics
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