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Congresswoman Michele Bachmann recognized Lisa and Tony Schneider of Sartell in a ceremony in Washington, D.C. today (Tuesday) as the 2013 "Angels in Adoption" from Minnesota’s Sixth Congressional District.

A group of veterans walked past barriers at the closed World War II memorial with help from members of Congress. Hundreds of veterans arrived for a previously scheduled visit to the memorial Tuesday morning to find it barricaded by the National Park Service.

A top aide to congresswoman Michele Bachmann has been arrested and charged with thefts that took place in a House office building. A spokesman for the U.S. Capitol Police says 37-year-old Javier Sanchez of Virginia was arrested last Thursday.

Students from area schools have been busy making Valentine's for local Veterans. Each year students are encouraged to make handmade valentines, they are then sent to Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's office for deliver to the St. Cloud VA Health Care System.

House Speaker John Boehner says GOP presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann did a "really good job" in Monday's debate. She and another House member in the race, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, have as much chance as the other contenders to win the party's nomination, he added.

Gas prices are the highest they've been in two years and a Congresswoman from Minnesota says the Obama administration is partly to blame. Michele Bachmann says President Obama's energy secretary has said Americans need to be paying as much as Europe does for gas in order to prompt alternative fuel research and development.