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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta works around the clock and does some of his best thinking outside Washington, a government official says. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has no plans to curtail his trips to Monterey, Calif. "That's where his family lives, after all," a senior aide said. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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Pedro Ribeiro, Mayor Vincent Gray's new head of communications, right, speaks at a press conference with Mayor Gray, from left, and Sheila Bunn, the mayor's new deputy chief of staff, replacing Linda Wharton-Boyd, who was moved to the District's Department of Health, at the mayor's office in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 21, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Linda Wharton-Boyd, who was moved to the District's Department of Health, speaks at a press conference after D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray announces the appointment of Pedro Ribeiro to the mayor's head of communications and Sheila Bunn to deputy chief of staff, replacing Wharton-Boyd during a press conference at the mayor's office in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 21, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Pedro Ribeiro, Mayor Vincent Gray's new head of communications, left, and Sheila Bunn, the mayor's new deputy chief of staff, replacing Linda Wharton-Boyd, who was moved to the District's Department of Health, talks with the press following a press conference at the mayor's office in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 21, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, at center, announces the appointment of Pedro Ribeiro, left, to the mayor's head of communications and Sheila Bunn to deputy chief of staff, replacing Linda Wharton-Boyd, who was moved to the District's Department of Health, during a press conference at the mayor's office in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 21, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Martin Scorsese has joined the ranks of other film directors who have shot a movie in 3-D. "Hugo," based on the award-winning illustrated book "The Invention of Hugo Cabret," is Mr. Scorsese's first 3-D movie. To him, seeing in depth is natural, "because we live with depth." (Paramount Pictures via Associated Press)

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Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, emerges from a closed-door meeting with fellow Democratic members of the supercommittee at the Capitol on Nov. 16, 2011. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks Nov. 9, 2011, during a GOP presidential debate at Oakland University in Auburn Hills, Mich. (Associated Press)

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (left) and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (The Washington Times)

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Jane Lynch, a longtime comedian and open lesbian, said she found no offense in the gay slur made in jest by director Brett Ratner. (Associated Press)

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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill on Nov. 15, 2011, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on security issues relating to Iraq. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl, a Democrat, decided not to seek re-election this year, presenting an opportunity for the GOP to pick up another seat. (Associated Press)

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A vaccination campaign using Shanchol is expected to be carried out in the capital and Central Plateau in January. (Associated Press)

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A child is treated for cholera in October at a Doctors Without Borders clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Associated Press)

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The Reverend Dr. Mariann Edgar Buddle, right, the newly seated ninth bishop of Washington. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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The Reverend Dr. Mariann Edgar Buddle claps with the congregation after her sermon after being seated as the ninth bishop of Washington. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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The Reverend Dr. Mariann Edgar Buddle delivers her sermon after being seated as the ninth bishop of Washington on Sunday, November 13, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)

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The Reverend Dr. Mariann Edgar Buddle makes her way to the main alter after being seated as the ninth bishop of Washington. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)