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Washington Nationals' Kurt Suzuki, right, continues to argue with home plate umpire John Tumpane, left, after being ejected for arguing after being called out on strikes during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Sunday, May 12, 2013, in Washington. The Cubs won 2-1. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard arrive to perform the presentation of the colors at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard arrive to perform the presentation of the colors at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A member of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard waits to perform the presentation of the colors at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Boyscout Jim McCrery, 15, of Washington, D.C., right, holds an American Flag as members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard perform the presentation of the colors at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard perform the presentation of the colors at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Members of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard perform the presentation of the colors at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Jeanette Lilly, the mother of MIA 1st Lt. Lawrence Lilly stands for the Pledge of Allegiance at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Volunteer boy scouts carry out flags at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A woman in the audience wipes tears from her eyes during a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A member of the U.S. Army Band plays taps at a Mother's Day ceremony to honor four American servicemen who have been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Patty Thompson of West Palm Beach, Fla., looks up at the name of her husband, Spc. Raymond Clark Thompson who has been added to the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial following a Mother's Day ceremony to honor Raymond and three other American servicemen who have been added to the wall, Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A volunteer with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial makes a rubbing of Spc. Raymond Clark Thompson for his wife Patty Thompson of West Palm Beach, Fla., Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 12, 2013. Patty attended a Mother's Day ceremony to honor Raymond and three other American servicemen who have been added to the wall. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Pallbearers carry the remains of Fehmi Karaca, 69, a shop owner who was killed in Saturday's explosions, for burial in Reyhanli, near Turkey's border with Syria, on Sunday, May 12, 2013. The bombings marked the biggest incident of cross-border violence since the start of Syria's bloody civil war and have raised fears of Turkey's being pulled deeper into the conflict. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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** FILE ** Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, May. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA)