Politics

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Pakistani Christians chant slogans as they burn a tire during a demonstration demanding that the government rebuild their homes after they were burned down following an alleged blasphemy incident, in Islamabad on Sunday, March 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

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President Obama (center) and White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough (right) leave the annual Gridiron Dinner through a loading area at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington on Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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** FILE ** Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, arrives at the West Wing of the White House in Washington on Thursday, March 7, 2013. President Obama had a private lunch with Mr. Ryan, House Budget Committee chairman, and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Democrat and ranking member on the panel. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (left) meets with Afghan Interior Minister Ghulam Mujtaba Patang at the International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, March 10, 2013. Mr. Hagel is on his first official trip since being sworn in as defense secretary. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)

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Opposition leader Henrique Capriles holds a miniature copy of Venezuela's Constitution as he speaks during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013. Capriles called Vice President Nicolas Maduro a bold-faced liar and accuses him of using Hugo Chavez's funeral to campaign for the presidency.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks to members of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division at Jalalabad Airfield in eastern Afghanistan, Saturday, March 9, 2013. It is Hagel's first official trip since being sworn-in as President Barack Obama's defense secretary. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)