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Associated Press executive editor Kathleen Carroll (left) applauds April 16, 2012, as AP reporter Adam Goldman (center) is hugged after winning the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting with three colleagues in New York. They revealed a secret New York Police Department program that spied on Muslim neighborhoods. (Associated Press)
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Mr. Chavez kisses the forehead of his daughter, Rosa Virginia, at the presidential palace in Caracas. The socialist president said that he has faith in a "miracle," as he undergoes radiation therapy in Cuba following two surgeries to remove pelvic tumors.
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves after speaking April 13, 2012, at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis. (Associated Press)
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U.N. observers, led by Moroccan Col. Ahmed Himmiche (left), leave the Sheraton Hotel in Damascus, Syria, on April 16, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Afghan special forces hold their weapons after a gunbattle with insurgents near the Afghan parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, April 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)
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** FILE ** Beth Myers is seen at the Romney 2008 presidential campaign office in Boston in April 2007. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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** FILE ** A military vehicle carries what appeared to be a new missile during a mass military parade through Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sunday, April 15, 2012, to celebrate the centenary of the birth of North Korean founder Kim Il-sung. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Sen. Charles J. Colgan, Prince William Democrat and a budget conferee, signed the conference report but has not said whether he will vote for the bill on the floor Tuesday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Rick Santorum, a former Republican presidential candidate, prepares to speak at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis on Friday. Several delegates said they would back Mr. Santorum until he endorsed another candidate. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis, Friday, April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Sen. Charles J. Colgan, Prince William Democrat and a budget conferee, signed the conference report but has not said whether he will vote for the bill on the floor Tuesday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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In this photo taken April 13, 2012, and provided by CBS News April 15, 2015, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner talks during a pretaped interview for CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington. (AP Photo/CBS News, Mary F. Calvert)
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President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos during the 6th Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, Sunday, April 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Belfast Lord Mayor Niall O'Donnghaile looks at the names of victims on the Titanic Memorial Plaque during a service on Sunday in remembrance of those who died when the ocean liner hit an iceberg and sank during its maiden voyage. The ship was built in Belfast. (Associated Press)
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A NATO soldier is poised to respond at the scene of an attack by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday. At least two Taliban were killed and five people were wounded in the capital. There were attacks in three other cities. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Ken Livingstone of the Labor Party (left) was mayor of London when he lost the 2008 election to Boris Johnson (right) of the Conservative Party. (Associated Press)
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Supporters of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is running for re-election, wave French flags during a campaign rally at the Place de la Concorde in Paris on Sunday, April 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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** FILE ** Israeli police officers are deployed at the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on Sunday, April 15, 2012, to detain activists flying in to protest the country's occupation of Palestinian areas. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
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Smoke rises following attacks on Sunday, April 15, 2012, by Taliban militants on three neighborhoods of Kabul, Afghanistan, that are home to government buildings, Western embassies and NATO facilities. (AP Photo/AP Video)
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**FILE** North Korean leader Kim Jong-un salutes during a mass military parade in the Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 15, 2012, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the country's founder, Kim Il-sung. (Associated Press/Kyodo News)
