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Members of the 1st Virginia Regiment march in the annual Old Town Alexandria President's Day Parade, Alexandria, Va., Monday, February 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Members of the 1st Virginia Regiment march in the annual Old Town Alexandria President's Day Parade, Alexandria, Va., Monday, February 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Members of the 1st Virginia Regiment march in the annual Old Town Alexandria President's Day Parade, Alexandria, Va., Monday, February 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2013, file photo, Billie Jean King reflects about her match against Bobby Riggs in 1973 as she stands in front of a display at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. King, who couldn't attend the opening of the Sochi Olympic Games because of her mother's death, will attend the closing ceremony with American speed skaters Bonnie Blair and Eric Heiden on Feb. 23 as part of President Barack Obama's official U.S. delegation. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

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**FILE** Sen. Bob Corker, Tennessee Republican, speaks to reporters in Chattanooga on Feb. 15, 2014. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In a Dec. 9, 2013, file photo Chelsea Clinton speaks during a CGI Clinton Global Initiative Latin America event at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Clinton, in an address at a national conference Sunday Jan. 16, 2014, in Las Vegas, called lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues "the unfinished business of the 21st century." (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, file)

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A man walks through a tunnel near the start of the annual Old Town Alexandria President's Day Parade, Alexandria, Va., Monday, February 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Chris Harwick of Lancaster, Pa., center, joins other civil war reenactors before marching in the annual Old Town Alexandria President's Day Parade, Alexandria, Va., Monday, February 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sydney Dively of Alexandria, Va., with the Republican Party of Alexandria, sits on the ground with her dog Mochi before marching in the annual Old Town Alexandria President's Day Parade, Alexandria, Va., Monday, February 17, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach sit at a cafe along the promenade on the Black Sea near the Olympic Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Chairman of the Canadian National Olympic Committee Marcel Aubut at Canada House during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

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Dame Vivienne Westwood, right, at the Vivienne Westwood presentation during London Fashion Week Autumn/ Winter 2014 on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014 at Somerset House in London. (Photo by Richard Chambury/Invision/AP Images)

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FILE - In this 1936 file photo, Jesse Owens of the United States runs in a 200-meter preliminary heat at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and showed up Adolph Hitler's idea of Aryan supremacy. The Olympic games are supposed to rise above political interests, but an undertone of politics has been present at every Olympics going back at least to the 1936 games. (AP Photo/File)

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President Barack Obama, right, meets with Jordan's King Abdullah II at The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands, Rancho Mirage, Calif., Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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President Barack Obama, right, greets Jordan's King Abdullah II at The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands, Rancho Mirage, Calif., Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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United Auto Workers President Bob King speaks to the media after workers at a Volkswagen factory voted against union representation in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Friday, Feb. 14, 2104. The 712 to 626 vote is a devastating blow to the union and its efforts to organize other Southern plants run by foreign automakers. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

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This image released by Columbia Pictures shows Gary Oldman in a scene from the film, "RoboCop." (AP Photo/Columbia Pictures - Sony, Kerry Hayes)

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President Barack Obama and Rep. Jim Costa, D-Calif. walk from the Marine One helicopter toward Air Force One before traveling to Fresno, Calif., to discuss the ongoing drought, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Zest's special events manager Lindsy Wing demonstrates their breathalyzer at Zest Kitchen & Bar Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Breathalyzers and similar devices could pop up in more bars across Utah under a coming proposal from Draper Republican Rep. Greg Hughes. The measure is still incubating, but it aims to cut down on drunk driving in Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)