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Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich takes part Jan. 25, 2012, in a forum with journalist Jorge Ramos at Univision Network Studios in Doral, Fla. (Associated Press)
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A man prays next to a security barrier in Tahrir Square during a rally to mark the one year anniversary of the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a moderate Democrat, takes her place between Rep. Jeff Flake, a conservative Republican, and Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, a liberal Democrat. Colleagues started a tribute last year by sitting with members of the other party. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks Jan. 24, 2012, during an event at the Cambier Park Bandstand in Naples, Fla. (Associated Press)
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President Obama, accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama, makes a phone call Jan. 24, 2012, from the Capitol immediately after his State of the Union Address, informing John Buchanan that his daughter Jessica was rescued by U.S. Special Operations Forces in Somalia. (Associated Press/White House)
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An Egyptian chants slogans as thousands gather in Tahrir Square in Cairo on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, to mark the first anniversary of the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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President Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, as Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (left) and House Speaker John A. Boehner applaud. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)
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Cabinet members applaud President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. From left are, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, White House Chief of Staff William Daley, Attorney General Eric Holder, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia applaud during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)
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Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio applaud President Barack Obama as the president gives his State of the Union address. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama pauses before he delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill. At left are Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia prior to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Bershire Hathaway Assistant Debbie Bosanek, left, talks with Steve Jobs widow Laurene Powell Jobs, prior to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, talks with Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., right, and Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., prior to the start of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. Kerry recently suffered a broken nose while playing hockey. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Two of Raynard Jackson's biggest losers of 2014: President Barack Obama and, at right, former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Members of Congress read along as President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts greets President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill, prior to the president's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama embraces retiring Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., as members of Congress applaud before his State of the Union address in front of a joint session of Congress Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb)
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D.C. firefighters walk out of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Northwest on Tuesday after a speech by fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe (Barbara Salisbury/THE WASHINGTON TIMES)
