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**FILE** President Obama speaks Nov. 7, 2012, at his election night party in Chicago. (Associated Press)
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Mayor Vincent Gray, right, walks up to the D.C. World War I Memorial on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 for an event with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton and a Washington, D.C. Navy mom talking about the inconsistent flying of the D.C. flag at military graduations. Holmes-Norton is calling upon to president to require that the D.C. flag be flown at military functions where the flags of all 50 states are flown. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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As D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton looks on during Veterans Day observances, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray urged federal law be changed so the D.C. flag can be flown at military graduations. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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2008: As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama flies over Baghdad with the U.S. commander. Iraq’s government welcomed Mr. Obama with a message of apparent common ground on American troop withdrawal. (Associated Press)
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David H. Petraeus gets a surprise visit from President Bush in September 2007. He and his commander in chief addressed cheering Marines at Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq’s Anbar province. (Associated Press)
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2007: Mr. Petraeus faces the Senate Armed Services Committee for confirmation as the top commander of multinational forces in Iraq. The role elevated him to a modern-day Douglas MacArthur or Dwight D. Eisenhower. (The Washington Times)
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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton, right, listens as Tomi Rucker, a Washington, D.C. Navy mom, talks about how she and her husband were saddened by the fact that the D.C. flag was not a part of her son's Navy boot camp graduation, when flags from the other states with graduates were present. Ms. Rucker joined the D.C. officials at the D.C. World War I Memorial on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 to talk about the inconsistent flying of the D.C. flag at military graduations. Holmes-Norton is calling upon to president to require that the D.C. flag be flown at military functions where the flags of all 50 states are flown. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Marilyn Wyche [cq], a D.C. resident who served in the U.S. Army at Walter Reed during Operation Desert Storm and Desert Shield, walks her dog past the D.C. World War I memorial on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. She said she is "grateful for the recognition" of her service and wanted to come to the memorial on the observation of Veteran's Day. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Mayor Vincent Gray talks about the inconsistent flying of the D.C. flag at military graduations at the D.C. World War I memorial on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton, center, and Mayor Vincent Gray look on as Tomi Rucker, a Washington, D.C. Navy mom, talks about how she and her husband were saddened by the fact that the D.C. flag was not a part of her son's Navy boot camp graduation, when flags from the other states with graduates were present. Ms. Rucker joined the D.C. officials at the D.C. World War I Memorial on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 to talk about the inconsistent flying of the D.C. flag at military graduations. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Tomi Rucker, a Washington, D.C. Navy mom, talks with Mayor Vincent Gray at the D.C. World War I Memorial on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 about the inconsistent flying of the D.C. flag at military graduations. Ms. Rucker says she was "saddened" when the D.C. flag was not a part of her son's boot camp graduation, particularly because the flags of the other recruits' states were part of the ceremony. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Tomi Rucker, a Washington, D.C. Navy mom, holds a picture of her son, Jonathan Matthew Rucker, at the D.C. World War I Memorial on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. She came to the memorial to talk about the inconsistent flying of the D.C. flag at military graduations, specifically mentioning how sad she and her husband--fourth generation Washingtonians--were when the D.C. flag was not included in her son's boot camp graduation when the flags from the other recruits' states were. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton says she is calling upon to president to require that the D.C. flag be flown at military functions where the flags of all 50 states are flown. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton says she is calling upon to president to require that the D.C. flag be flown at military functions where the flags of all 50 states are flown. She made this declaration at the D.C. World War I memorial on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, where she met with a a Washington, D.C. mom whose son is now serving in the U.S. Navy and said that she was "saddened" by the fact that every other state had a flag present as part of the boot camp graduation, but there was none to recognize her son. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Tomi Rucker, a Washington, D.C. Navy mom, says she was "saddened" when the D.C. flag was not a part of her son's boot camp graduation, particularly because the flags of the other recruits' states were. She came to the D.C. World War I Memorial on Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 to talk about the inconsistent flying of the D.C. flag at military graduations. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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“We are expecting this will become a major reliever of congestion on the Beltway,” says Sean T. Connaughton, Virginia transportation secretary. (Associated Press)
