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This is a perfect encapsulation of the behind-closed-doors work of the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction. Tom’s photo of an aide’s hand peeking out from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee room, where the panel was meeting, tells the story of how some observers have perceived the mostly secret deliberations.

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