Politics

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Philippine President Benigno Aquino III (left) talks with Myanmar President Thein Sein after a group photograph at the opening ceremony of the 20th ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

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**FILE** Supporters of Pakistani religious parties rally March 27, 2012, near the Parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan, against the Pakistani government allowing NATO to resume shipping supplies through the country to its troops in neighboring Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

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President Obama answers questions April 3, 2012, at the Associated Press luncheon during the ASNE Convention in Washington. (Associated Press)

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A Syrian woman and her daughter walk April 2, 2012, past a wall with a painting of the Syrian revolutionary flag and Arabic writing that reads "only al-Arour," the name of an Islamic cleric living in Saudi Arabia who opposes President Bashar Assad, in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. (Associated Press)

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Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, speaks at the annual meeting of the Associated Press in Washington on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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**FILE** Rep. Mike Rogers, Alabama Republican (Associated Press)

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Syrians wave revolutionary flags and chant slogans April 2, 2012, at a night protest against President Bashar Assad in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Former General Services Administration chief Martha Johnson resigned after her agency spent lavishly at a training conference for federal workers in Henderson, Nev., near Las Vegas. (Associated Press)

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt won his first of four terms 12 years after being on a losing ticket in 1920 as James M. Cox's vice-presidential running mate. But history shows that running for vice president is a political gamble. (Associated Press)

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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich prepares to speak to the Hood College Republicans during a campaign stop at Hood College in Frederick, Md., on Monday. "Gov. Romney doesn't have it locked down. And we have no obligation to back off and concede anything until he does," he said. (Associated Press)

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Corey Essler, a volunteer for former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, a Republican presidential candidate, holds up a sign to woo voters in Menasha, Wis., on Monday. "You have the opportunity to shock the world," Mr. Santorum said. (Associated Press)

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Mitt Romney speaks at a building supply store in Green Bay, Wis., on Monday as Rep. Paul Ryan looks on. (Associated Press)

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Elsbeth Knutson of Green Bay, Wis., a Romney supporter, wears American-flag glasses before the start of a Romney campaign event at a building supply store in Green Bay on Monday. Mr. Romney ignored his primary rivals Monday and took aim at President Obama. (Associated Press)

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Israel's prime minister accuses Iran of being behind a pair of car bombings in February that hit Israeli diplomatic targets, including an explosion that tore through a car belonging to the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi. (Associated Press)

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Mohammed Amir Khalil, an attorney for Osama bin Laden's family, announces the 45-day sentences given to the slain al Qaeda leader's three wives and two of his daughters Monday in Islamabad. (Associated Press)

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Judith Mangubat, precinct captain for voting Precinct 85, makes sure all the paperwork is in order in anticipation of tomorrow's vote at polling place Specialty Hospital of Washington in Northeast Washington, D.C. on Monday, April 2, 2012. This precinct has a little more than 4,000 registered voters. The polls open at 7 a.m. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)