Politics

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — accompanied by Ohio Gov. John Kasich, left, and student Kelsey Gorman — listens during a roundtable discussion at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, Friday, April 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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** FILE ** In this April 25, 2012, file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Secret Service prostitution scandal. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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** FILE ** In this April 26, 2012, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans ignored a veto threat and overcame a rebellion by party conservatives to push a bill through the House Friday keeping interest rates on millions of federal student loans from doubling this summer. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Thursday, April 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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A protestor from Belgium with a marijuana leaf painted on his face smokes a marijuana joint in Amsterdam Friday, April 20, 2012, during a demonstration against a government plan to stop foreigners from buying marijuana in the Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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** FILE ** In this photo taken, Tuesday, March 27, 2012, Iraq war veteran Army 1st Lt. Paul Rieckhoff, right, joined by, from left, Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska., Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during a news conference introducing the GI benefit watchdog bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III stands on stage with other top NFL draft prospects before he is selected by the Washington Redskins as the second pick in the first round of the National Football League Draft held at Radio City Music Hall, New York, N.Y., Thursday, April 26, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)