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Washington Wizards' John Wall is averaging 15.4 points, 7.1 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks Sunday in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she says the international community must stop the bloodshed in Syria. (Associated Press)
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Rep. John L. Mica (left), Florida Republican, said the $260 billion transportation bill he introduced would create jobs and improve deteriorating infrastructure. Rep. Nick J. Rahall II, West Virginia Democrat (right), said it doesn't go far enough. (Associated Press)
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President Reagan blows out the candles on his birthday cake in the Oval Office in 1982, the day he turned 71. Events are planned for Monday across the country marking what would have been his 101st birthday, including a 21-gun salute. (Photo courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library)
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** FILE ** The Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters in Washington (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney greets supporters at his Nevada caucus victory celebration in Las Vegas on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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** FILE ** Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich speaks during a news conference on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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**FILE** Syrian President Bashar Assad (left) prays next to Syrian Grand Mufti Ahmad Hassoun (second from left) at the Al-Rawda Mosque in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, during a ceremony marking the birth of Islam's Prophet Mohammad. (AP Photo/SANA)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (left) greets supporters at his Nevada caucus victory celebration in Las Vegas on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
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** FILE ** U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev before their meeting at the Bulgarian Presidency building in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Oleg Popov)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters at his Nevada caucus night victory celebration in Las Vegas, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters with his wife Ann at his Nevada caucus night victory celebration in Las Vegas, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Tents and camping equipment are removed by park maintenance officials dressed in hazmat suits during a raid on the Occupy encampment in McPherson Square, Washington, D.C., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Police and protesters clashed throughout the day as protesters were forced out of the square. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Michael Basillas of San Diego, Calif., center, and other protesters pack up their belongings during a raid on the Occupy encampment at McPherson Square, Washington, D.C., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Park police officers arrest Occupy D.C. protester Dan Newell who refused to move away from a statue of Civil War Gen. James McPherson during an early morning raid on the Occupy encampment at McPherson Square, Washington, D.C., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Police and protesters clashed throughout the day as tents and camping equipment were removed by park police and maintenance officials, some dressed in hazmat suits. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum answers question from local residents while campaigning in Hannibal, Mo., Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Lebanese anti-Syrian regime protesters burn a Russian flag during a demonstration to show their solidarity with the Syrian people in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives at the Security Conference on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Munich, Germany. Politicians and military representatives will join for the 48. Munich Security conference from Friday, Feb. 3, until Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, greets supporters at a campaign rally in Henderson, Nev., Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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In this citizen journalism image provide by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria and released on Wednesday Feb. 2, 2012, a Syrian rebel stands next to a destroyed government forces tank in Homs, central Syria. The Associated Press is unable to independently verify the authenticity, content, location or date of this handout photo. (AP Photo/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)