Politics

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Russia's Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov warns that talks between Moscow and Washington on the U.S.-led NATO missile defense plan in Europe are "close to a dead end" on May 3, 2012, as officials scrambled to save the deal at a top-level conference. (Associated Press)

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Former D.C. Council member Harry Thomas Jr. makes his way to a waiting car after his sentencing at the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington, D.C., Thursday, May 3, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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NATO's deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow speaks May 3, 2012, at Russian Ministry of Defense’s Conference on Missile Defense in Moscow. Vershbow told the conference that the U.S.-led missile shield is "not and will not be directed against Russia" and that its intercontinental ballistic missiles are "too fast and too sophisticated" for the planned system to intercept. (Associated Press)

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Russian Chief of General Staff Nikolai Makarov threatens "destructive force" on NATO missile-defense sites in Eastern Europe. (Associated Press)

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Blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng (center) holds hands with Gary Locke (right), U.S. Ambassador to China, as U.S. State Department Legal Advisor Harold Koh applauds May 2, 2012, before Chen left the U.S. embassy for a hospital in Beijing. (Associated Press/U.S. Embassy Beijing Press Office)

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Chinese President Hu Jintao (left) shakes hand with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner during the opening ceremony of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing on Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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Protesters carry Syrian revolutionary flags during a demonstration in Daraa, Syria, in this image made from amateur video released by the Shaam News Network and accessed on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

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** FILE ** In this April 12, 2012, file photo, former Medicare Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick gestures during an interview with the Associated Press, in Washington. Tossing out President Barack Obama’s health care law would have major unintended consequences for Medicare’s payment systems, unseen but vital plumbing that handles 100 million monthly claims from hospitals and other service providers, the administration has quietly informed the courts. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)