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** FILE ** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, attends a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 14, 2013. (Associated Press)
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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), from Russia, pauses after Game 7 first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoff hockey series against the New York Rangers, Monday, May 13, 2013 in Washington. The Rangers won 5-0. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Whatever you do, do not use the White House talking points ... (Illustration by Jack Ohman of the Tribune Media Services)
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Armed Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) stand at attention after arriving in the Heror region of Iraq, northwest of Baghdad, on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Ceerwan Aziz)
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**FILE** Copies of President Obama's budget plan for fiscal year 2014 are distributed to Senate staff on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 10, 2013. (Associated Press)
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This image taken from video obtained from Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a rocket fired by Syrian rebels at Mannagh air base in the Aleppo province of Syria on May 13, 2013. (Associated Press/Ugarit News via AP video)
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White House press secretary Jay Carney listens to a question from the media during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Monday, May 6, 2013. Carney answered questions about Syria and chemical weapons, as well as Israeli action in Syria. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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A Communist Party official welcomes a player to his torture chamber in the first person shooter Metro: Last Light.
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**FILE** Ruling Pakistan People's Party leader and Information Minister Sherry Rehman (left) makes victory signs as she and her colleagues Farooq Naik (right) and Asfandyar Wali (center back) leaves from main office of election commission after filing nomination papers of Asif Ali Zardari for presidential election on Aug. 26, 2008, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Associated Press)