Politics

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Demonstrators carry red placards with the words 'One father, one mother, it's obvious" in Paris on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, as thousands of protesters mobilized against the French president's plan to legalize gay marriage. The placard at center reads: "Pro-marriage, not anti-gay." (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Singer Rod Stewart performs at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2009. (Associated Press)

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French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (right) speaks as Adm. Edouard Guillaud, the French army chief of staff, stands by during a press conference in Paris on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. Mr. Le Drian said hundreds of French troops are involved in an operation that destroyed a command center of Islamic rebels in Mali. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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** FILE ** In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, file photo George P. Bush, right, stands with his uncle former President George W. Bush, left, during the Bush Center Warrior Open in Irving, Texas. George P. Bush, the 36-year-old attorney from Fort Worth and son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has taken steps toward seeking elected office in Texas, and his father has said his son is considering a run for the state’s land commissioner. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

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** FILE ** In this Monday, June 11, 2012, file photo, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian listens to a question during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. Le Drian said Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, that a French soldier is missing after an unsuccessful commando raid in Somalia to rescue an intelligence agent who was killed by his captors during the fighting. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)

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**FILE** Vice President Joseph R. Biden speaks during a meeting with representatives from the video game industry in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington on Jan. 11, 2013. Biden is holding a series of meetings this week as part of the effort he is leading to develop policy proposals in response to the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. (Associated Press)

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President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrive for their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 11, 2013. (Associated Press)