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Tracy Martin (left) and Sybrina Fulton, parents of slain teen Trayvon Martin, sit March 27, 2012, at the witness table as they appear at a House briefing at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (center), Texas Democrat, offers words to Tracy Martin (left) and Sybrina Fulton, parents of slain teen Trayvon Martin, as they appear March 27, 2012, at a House briefing at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Syrian President Bashar Assad and wife Asma arrive for a formal dinner after a Mediterranean summit meeting in July 2008 at the Petit Palais in Paris. As Syria's bloodshed worsens, the country's British-born first lady has become an object of contempt. The EU has banned her from traveling in the countries. (Associated Press)
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This early March citizen journalism image provided to AP by the Homs City Union of the Syrian Revolution shows a building in the city reportedly shelled by the Syrian army.
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Clayton Bink, left, of South Edmefton, N.Y., says that he came to Washington, D.C. because the federal government is vastly overstepping its Constitutional authority with the individual mandate that exists in the Affordable Care Act. He joined hundreds of other protesters on both sides of the issue outside of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 27, 2012, while the court listened to oral arguments. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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President Obama (center) talks with British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on March 26, 2012, before the leaders' dinner at the Nuclear Security Summit at the Coex Center in Seoul. Chinese President Hu Jintao is at second left. (Associated Press)
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GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich talks with Patricia Harrison, business coordinator for the General Assembly, during a tour Tuesday of the State House in Annapolis. (David Hill/The Washington Times)
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Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria. (AP Photo/Lintao Zhang, Pool)
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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, laughs with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, center, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during their joint statement at the Nuclear Security Summit at the Coex Center, in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Detroit Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey (3) drives to the basket against Washington Wizards guard Shelvin Mack during the first half of the Pistons' 79-77 victory on March 26, 2012 in Washington. (Associated Press)
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DC Mayoral candidate Vincent Orange meets with reporters in the offices of the Washington Times, Monday, August 21, 2006. ( Allison Shelley / The Washington Times )
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The red carpet of the North Portico is prepared for President Obama to welcome British Prime Minister David Cameron to the White House for a state dinner earlier this month. Mr. Obama is using privileged access to one of America's greatest landmarks to reward his most generous financial supporters. (Associated Press)
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Pope Benedict XVI waves at flag-waving crowds from the popemobile as he is driven through the streets of Santiago, Cuba, after his arrival Monday. The government assisted with the turnout by adding special transportation and giving workers a paid day off. (Associated Press)
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Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn (partially visible at center) leaves a courthouse March 26, 2012, after being questioned in a probe into a suspected prostitution ring in Lille, France. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum leaves March 26, 2012, after speaking to reporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in D.C., as the court hears oral arguments on the challenges to the Affordable Care Act. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Members of the tea party rally March 26, 2012, against the Affordable Care Act outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in D.C., as the court hears oral arguments on the challenges to the Affordable Care Act. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray (left) exits as Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier hugs D.C. Council member Jim Graham, Ward 1 Democrat, after a March 26, 2012, press conference at the John A. Wilson Building in D.C., to announce an arrest in a March 11 anti-LGBT shooting at a IHOP restaurant in the city's Columbia Heights neighborhood. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Aretha Franklin celebrates her 70th birthday with a party in New York on Saturday.
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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum leaves after speaking to reporters in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on Monday, March 26, 2012, as the court hears oral arguments on the Affordable Care Act. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks to reporters in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington on Monday, March 26, 2012, as the court hears oral arguments on the Affordable Care Act. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
