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FILE - In this file photo taken Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, pilots of the United Arab Emirates greet each other at the steps of a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, a large military transport aircraft of the UAE Air forces, during the opening day of the Dubai Airshow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The UAE Prime Minister Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, the Gulf nation has begun the process of imposing mandatory military service for adult males. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
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FILE - In this file photo take Monday Nov. 12, 2007, an Emirati visitor asks a question to a military representative as they stand next to an MQ-1 Predator spy plane during the 2nd day of the 10th Dubai Airshow at the Dubai airport, United Arab Emirates. The UAE Prime Minister Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, the Gulf nation has begun the process of imposing mandatory military service for adult males. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
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FOR USE SUNDAY, JAN 19 AND THEREAFTER - In this Jan. 12, 2014 photo, Jackson Davis, 11, sends love and good wishes to Sara Duncan, 5, at A fundraiser at Trinity United Methodist Church in Columbia, S.C. Duncan has neuroblastoma, a rare and potentially fatal childhood cancer. In the United States, there are only 400 to 600 cases a year. (AP Photo/The State, John Monk) ALL LOCAL MEDIA OUT, (TV, ONLINE, PRINT)
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This undated family photo shows Sara Duncan, 5, who suffers from neuroblastoma, a rare and potentially fatal childhood cancer. In the United States, there are only 400 to 600 cases a year. (AP Photo/Duncan Family Photo via The State) ALL LOCAL MEDIA OUT, (TV, ONLINE, PRINT)
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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2013, file photo House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. In regards to the budget, Rogers and Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., promise a return to the real regular order in which appropriators are handed a pot of money to divide among the 12 bills. They spend May, June and July voting bills out of committee and then debating, amending and passing them on the House and Senate floors. . (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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FILE - In this June 5, 2012, file photo Senate Appropriations Committee Chair, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. In regards to the budget, Mikulski and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep, Harold Rogers, R-Ky.,promise a return to the real regular order in which appropriators are handed a pot of money to divide among the 12 bills. They spend May, June and July voting bills out of committee and then debating, amending and passing them on the House and Senate floors. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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President Barack Obama waves to people in the balcony before signing the $1.1 trillion spending bill that funds the federal government through the end of September, in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 at Jackson Place, a conference center near the White House. Obama signed the measure the day before federal funding was set to run out and was joined by aides who did much of the work negotiating it. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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FILE - This Jan. 25, 1988 file photo shows President Ronald Reagan holding up 14-pound continuing resolution for the budget, part of a total package weighing 43-pounds, which the president said was two months late from Congress, during his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 25, 1988. Vice President George H.W. Bush, left, and House Speaker James Wright of Texas listen behind him. Last week’s 1,582-page bill was really 12 bills wrapped into one, negotiated in the back rooms of the Capitol by a relative handful of people and presented to the House and Senate as an unamendable, take-it-or-leave-it proposition. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, poses with Olympic volunteers during a meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Putin says gays should feel welcome at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, but they must "leave the children in peace." Putin told volunteers Friday that gays visiting Sochi "can feel calm and at ease," and vowed that there would be no discrimination at the games. But he emphasized that, according to a law banning homosexual "propaganda" among minors, gays cannot express their views on gay rights issues to anyone underage.(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, background centre, speaks at his meeting with Olympic volunteers in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Putin says gays should feel welcome at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, but they must "leave the children in peace." Putin told volunteers Friday that gays visiting Sochi "can feel calm and at ease," and vowed that there would be no discrimination at the games. But he emphasized that, according to a law banning homosexual "propaganda" among minors, gays cannot express their views on gay rights issues to anyone underage. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks at his meeting with Olympic volunteers in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Putin says gays should feel welcome at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, but they must "leave the children in peace." Putin told volunteers Friday that gays visiting Sochi "can feel calm and at ease," and vowed that there would be no discrimination at the games. But he emphasized that, according to a law banning homosexual "propaganda" among minors, gays cannot express their views on gay rights issues to anyone underage. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)
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President Barack Obama talks about National Security Agency (NSA)surveillance, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at the Justice Department in Washington.Seeking to calm a furor over U.S. surveillance, the president called for ending the government's control of phone data from -hundreds of millions of Americans and immediately ordered intelligence agencies to get a secretive court's permission before accessing the records. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama pauses while talking about National Security Agency (NSA)surveillance, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at the Justice Department in Washington.Seeking to calm a furor over U.S. surveillance, the president called for ending the government's control of phone data from hundreds of millions of Americans and immediately ordered intelligence agencies to get a secretive court's permission before accessing the records. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama talks about National Security Agency (NSA)surveillance, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at the Justice Department in Washington. Seeking to calm a furor over U.S. surveillance, the president called for ending the government's control of phone data from -hundreds of millions of Americans and immediately ordered intelligence agencies to get a secretive court's permission before accessing the records. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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After delivering a speech about the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance, President Barack Obama speaks in a overflow area at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. The president called for ending the government's control of phone data from millions of Americans. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, right, and CIA Director John Brennan, left, sit in the front row before President Barack Obama spoke about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **
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In this Jan. 17, 2014, photo, President Barack Obama Talks about National Security Agency surveillance at the Justice Department in Washington. Obama’s orders to change some U.S. surveillance practices put the burden on Congress to deal with a national security controversy that has alarmed Americans and outraged foreign allies. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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In this photo provided by Roc Nation Sports, New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia, left, signs papers with Jay-Z as Sabathia signs on with Jay-Z's sports agency, Roc Nation Sports, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in New York. Sabathia will join former teammate Robinson Cano in Roc Nation Sport’s emerging client base. (AP Photo/Roc Nation Sports)
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FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2013 file photo, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., a longtime deficit hawk, outlines his annual “Wastebook,” which points a critical finger at billions of dollars in questionable government spending during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn says he plans to finish the current year in office and resign his seat nearly two years before his term is scheduled to end. The 66-year-old Coburn released a statement late Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 saying he would give up his seat at the end of the current session of Congress, scheduled to end in January 2015.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2011 file photo is Wisconsin State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout in Eau Claire, Wis. Vinehout says she won't seek the Democratic nomination for governor. In a statement issued Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, Vinehout says the severity of the injury she received in a car accident last month makes it impossible to mount a grass roots campaign. (AP Photo/Eau Claire-Leader-Telegram, Steve Kinderman, File)
