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**FILE** Navy Adm. Bill McRaven, commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, addresses the National Defense Industrial Association in Washington on Feb. 7, 2012. (Associated Press)
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A fisherman walks home under cloudy skies along the shores of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manuel Diaz)
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Mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, makes a salute after he arrives at the court room in a courthouse in Oslo Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 . Breivik has been declared sane and sentenced to prison for bomb and gun attacks that killed 77 people last year. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
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Herb Allison, seen here in 2009, gave more than $50,000 to the president’s re-election campaign in recent months, after giving a favorable review to the administration’s green-energy loans. (Associated Press)
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The Tampa Bay Times Forum, site of the 2012 Republican National Convention, is viewed across the water of the Garrison Channel from Harbour Island in downtown Tampa, Fla. Weather forecasts continue to show Florida in the path of Tropical Storm Isaac. (AP Photo/The Tampa Bay Times, Carolina Hidalgo)
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Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s use of FBI planes for travel is the subject of a letter to the FBI director from GOP lawmakers questioning whether the number and nature of his flights amount to misuse. (Associated Press)
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Republican Rep. Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is charging that the Obama administration has “falsified” deportation records to artificially boost numbers by adding Border Patrol apprehensions to the total. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this March 28, 2012, photo, former Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul of Texas appears at a town hall meeting in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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Retiring Rep. Ron Paul will hold a “We Are the Future” rally Sunday in Florida, where he promises a “speech the Republican National Convention doesn’t want the rest of America to hear.” (Associated Press)