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**FILE** A rebel fighter walks Nov. 2, 2012, among the debris of damaged residential buildings after several days of intense fighting between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in the Karm al-Jebel neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press)
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Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg (left) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrive for a press conference in Prague on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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The 2012 Kennedy Center Honorees, from left, John Paul Jones, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Page, Natalia Makarova, Robert Plant, Dustin Hoffman, and David Letterman pose for a group photo after the State Department Dinner for the Kennedy Center Honors gala Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
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John Adams is among the first in the Presidential $1 Coins series. Congressional auditors say replacing dollar bills with coins could save $4.4 billion over 30 years. (U.S. Mint via Associated Press)
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President Obama, seen here Nov. 16 with House Speaker John A. Boehner, are likely to disagree on the implementation of the president’s signature health care law. The measure expands Medicaid, the federal-state health program for low-income people, but cost-wary states must decide whether to take the deal. (Associated Press)
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President Obama, seen here Nov. 16 with House Speaker John A. Boehner, are likely to disagree on the implementation of the president’s signature health care law. The measure expands Medicaid, the federal-state health program for low-income people, but cost-wary states must decide whether to take the deal. (Associated Press)
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Rep.-elect Julia Brownley, California Democrat, won first pick in the lottery held for the 70 newly elected freshmen to pick the best available spaces in the House office buildings. (Associated Press)
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Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, says the public broadcast of negotiations on the “fiscal cliff” could hold lawmakers responsible for their promises and give Americans a firsthand view of public versus private rhetoric. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Convicted former Congressman Mel Reynolds announces at a news conference Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in Chicago that he's joining the increasingly crowded field running for the congressional seat Jesse Jackson Jr. vacated last week. Reynolds resigned from office in 1995 after being convicted of having sexual relations with an underage campaign worker. The Democrat also went to prison after being convicted of fraud for concealing debts to obtain bank loans and diverting money intended for voter registration drives into his election campaign. Jackson was first elected in a special election to replace Reynolds. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
