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**FILE** Sens. John McCain (left), Arizona Republican, and Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, appear on CBS' "Face the Nation" on April 7, 2013. (Associated Press/CBS News)
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A South Korean soldier closes a military gate in Paju, north of Seoul, on Sunday, April 7, 2013. A top South Korean national security official said Sunday that North Korea may be setting the stage for a missile test or another provocative act with its warning that it soon will be unable to guarantee diplomats' safety in Pyongyang. But he added that the North's clearest objective is to extract concessions from Washington and Seoul. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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A North Korean military guard post is seen near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, on Sunday, April 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) and U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry shake hands before a meeting in Istanbul on Sunday, April 7, 2013. Mr. Kerry will coordinate with Mr. Erdogan and other Turkish officials on efforts to halt the violence in neighboring Syria's civil war. (AP Photo/Kayhan Ozer, Turkish Prime Minister's Press Office)
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This image made from AP video shows the scene moments after a car bomb exploded in front of the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Qalat in Afghanistan's Zabul province on Saturday, April 6, 2013. Six American troops and civilians and an Afghan doctor were killed in attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan as the U.S. military's top officer began a weekend visit to the country, officials said. (AP Photo via AP video)
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Washington Capitals left wing Martin Erat (10), of the Czech Republic, chases the puck against New York Islanders left wing Matt Martin (17) during the second period of an NHL hockey game on Thursday, April 4, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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President Michel Suleiman of Lebanon has asked Tammam Salam, shown here on April 4 in Beirut, to form a new Cabinet. He was formerly a member of parliament and the minister of culture. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)
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**FILE** Larry Pratt, executive director of gun rights group Gun Owners of America, talks at a Second Amendment news conference at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on March 14, 2006. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (left) waves April 14, 2012, as North Korean military officers clap at a stadium in Pyongyang during a mass meeting called by the Central Committee of North Korea's ruling party. (Associated Press)