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U.S. Department of Energy Carlsbad Field Office Manager Joe Franco, listens to community questions during a town hall in Carlsbad, N.M. on Thursday, March 6, 2014. Operations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository, were halted in February following a truck fire and a release of radiation nine days later. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
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North Carolina's Brittany Rountree, bottom, and Wake Forest's Kandice Ball, top, chase a loose ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, March 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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North Carolina's Allisha Gray, center, looks to pass as she is trapped by Wake Forest's Jill Brunori, left, and Millesa Calicott, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, March 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Teams stand near their benches as the arena is lit only by emergency lights after a power outage during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game between North Carolina and Wake Forest at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday, March 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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National Edition News cover for March 7, 2014 - Bill Clinton cashes in on nonprofit hospital: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks during a forum on renewable energy in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Clinton urged Puerto Rico to lessen its oil dependence and pursue clean energy alternatives. Puerto Rico depends on petroleum to generate nearly 70 percent of its power, but the government in recent years has unveiled several renewable energy projects in a push to drive down costs and cut greenhouse emissions. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
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At a Crossroads: Sen. Ted Cruz (left) of Texas, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (center) and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida are among the conference speakers grappling with the question of how to govern while sticking to conservative principles. (Associated Press)