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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (second from left in front row) and his wife, Ri Sol-ju (left), attend a ceremony on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Pyongyang, North Korea, to reopen the mausoleum where his father, Kim Jong-il's embalmed remains will lie in state, as North Koreans marked the first-year anniversary of the elder Kim's death. (AP Photo/KRT via AP Video)
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Rep. Danny K. Davis of Illinois (Associated Press)
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Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer was outspoken over the deal’s limits and called it “incomprehensible” that spending cuts will be on the table again in two months. (Associated Press)
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Hugh Hefner, founder of Playboy magazine, and Crystal Harris, one of the publication's Playmates of the Month in 2009, arrive at the premiere of "Iron Man 2" at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles in 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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Thomas Rabe, right, places a wedding ring on Robert Coffman's finger during a marriage ceremony at City Hall in Baltimore, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **
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At times funny, at other times puzzling, actor-director Clint Eastwood addressed an imaginary President Obama sitting in a chair during an appearance at the Republican National Convention. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** King Fahd, second left, rides with U.S. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf as they review U.S. troops at an airbase in eastern Saudi Arabia on Jan. 7, 1991. Fahd, who moved his country closer to the United States but ruled the world's largest oil producing nation in name only since suffering a stroke in 1995, died early Monday, Aug. 1, 2005 the Saudi royal court said. He was said to be 84. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)
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ESPN reporter Samantha Steele (center) married Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder. (Associated Press)
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In this Sept. 16, 1987, file photo, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill. Bork's failed Supreme Court nomination made history. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)
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Jenna Bush Hager (NBC via AP)
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Rep. Justin Amash, Michigan Republican. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) ** FILE **
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Illustration Charitable Giving by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times
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"Peanuts" cartoonist Charles M. Schulz is pictured in 1978. (AP Photo) ** FILE **
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Prince George's County firefighters clean up after a Sunday morning duplex fire in Chillum that left three families homeless. (Meredith Somers/The Washington Times)
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Washington Redskins' Robert Griffin III (10) receives the Galloping Gobbler 2012 award following their NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, in Arlington, Texas. The Redskins won 38-31. (AP Photo/Matt Strasen)
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This undated image provided by Bedsider.org shows a package of estrogen/progestin birth control pills. (AP Photo/Bedsider.org)
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US actor David Hasselhoff arrives on the red carpet of the 2012 MTV European Music Awards show at the Festhalle in Frankfurt, central Germany, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
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Sharon Osbourne, matriarch of rock's Osbourne clan, attends the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) ** FILE **
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A security guard closes the gate at the Pittsburgh Zoo, where officials say a young boy was killed after he fell into the exhibit that was home to a pack of African painted dogs, which pounced on the child and mauled him on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/John Heller)