Politics

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People gather at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, during a march to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Civil rights leaders including Rev. Al Sharpton, center, and Martin Luther King, III, Jesse Jackson, and Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) participate in a march to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech, Washington, D.C., Saturday, August 24, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A Syrian army soldier walks on a street in the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Syrian state media accused rebels of using chemical arms on Saturday against government troops trying to storm a contested neighborhood of Damascus, claiming a major army offensive in recent days had forced the opposition fighters to resort to such weapons "as their last card." (AP Photo)

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Dorothy Meekins holds up the national flag with the picture of President Barack Obama as she attends the rally, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Organizers have planned for about 100,000 people to participate in the event, which is the precursor to the actual anniversary of the Aug. 28, 1963, march. It will be led by the Rev. Al Sharpton and King's son Martin Luther King III. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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The Washington Monument is mirrored in the Reflecting Pool just before sunrise before an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A million people flocked to the Mall on Aug. 28, 1963 for the March on Washington that was highlighted by the Rev. Martin Luther King's eloquent "I Have a Dream" speech. (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS)

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People gather outside of the Salam mosque amid charred cars and wide damage, in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Aug. 23, 2013. The twin car bombs, which killed dozens hit amid soaring tensions in Lebanon as a result of Syria's civil war, which has sharply polarized the country along sectarian lines and between supporters and opponents of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. It was the second such bombing in just over a week, showing the degree to which the tiny country is being consumed by the raging war next door. (Associated Press)

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Palestinian members from Youth Salafists group chant slogans while waving their black flags during a protest against the Egyptian and Syria regimes in Rafah Refugee Camp, southern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 22, 2013. Arabic on poster reads "Criminals and murderers." Syrian government forces pressed their offensive in eastern Damascus on Thursday, bombing rebel-held suburbs where the opposition said the regime had killed more than 100 people the day before in a chemical weapons attack. The government has denied allegations it used chemical weapons in artillery barrages on the area known as eastern Ghouta, calling the charges "absolutely baseless." (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention in Sandy, Utah, on May 18, 2013. (Associated Press)