Closeup Political Pictures of the Week, Aug. 11-17 Aug. 17, 2012 prev1 of 13next Shannon Stapleton / Reuters Workers listen to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speak during his Beallsville Coal campaign event at the American Energy Corporation in Beallsville, Ohio on Aug. 14, 2012. Share Read Later TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.