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FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during an end-of-the year news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. Capping a monthslong review, Obama is expected to back modest changes to the government’s surveillance network at home and abroad while largely leaving the framework of the controversial programs in place, including the bulk collection of phone records from millions of Americans. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl (second from left) speaks with Poland's Ambassador to the U.S., Ryszard Schnepf (right); conductor Gilbert Levine (second from right) and Georgetown University's Board of Directors Chairman Paul Tagliabue on Thursday after they announced a concert to celebrate the sainthood of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II in Washington in May (andrew harnik/the Washington Times)
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President Obama will announce changes to U.S. spying, surveillance and data-collection efforts in a speech at the Justice Department on Friday. Privacy advocates have low expectations from the president on whose watch U.S. surveillance has expanded. The speech is in response to a White House panel's recommendations. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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"Proper tracking of surgical implants is a problem that has been unresolved for far too long and it must be remedied posthaste," said Rep. Mike Coffman, Colorado Republican and chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs oversight subcommittee. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Republican presidential candidate former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson addresses the 2011 Drug Policy Alliance conference Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, in Los Angeles, a four-day conference that seeks reform of the nation's drug policies. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and his aides are intent on rounding up Democratic supporters as part of a major show of bipartisanship ahead of a potential 2016 presidential bid. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
