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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney speaks at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C., on Wednesday. He has assembled several George W. Bush-era veterans as national security advisers to his campaign. The South Carolina GOP primary is scheduled for Saturday in the state. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A woman listens to presidential candidate Rick Santorum at a CafeMom.com event at the Fresh Brewed Coffee & Music House in Myrtle Beach, S.C.. In past elections, women have accounted for about half of the electorate in South Carolina. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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INFLUENTIAL: South Carolina residents Peggy Morse of Myrtle Beach, Beth Morse Ferguson of Charleston and Mary Ann Carnazza of Longs listen to Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry speak in Myrtle Beach on Monday. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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"House Republicans once again rejected the Obama administration's pursuit to continue its reckless spending binge and reaffirmed our commitment to fiscal responsibility," Rep. Pete Sessions, Texas Republican, said of Wednesday's 239-176 House vote. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat, speaks Friday in front of a painting by a Haitian artist at a Miami middle school about reconstruction in Haiti since a January 2010 earthquake there. Mr. Nelson is seeking a third Senate term this fall. (Associated Press)
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This screen shot shows the blacked-out Wikipedia website announcing a 24-hour protest against proposed legislation — the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the Protect Intellectual Property Act in the Senate — intended to protect intellectual property that critics say could facilitate censorship. (Associated Press)
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CNN anchorman John King moderates the 18th Republican presidential debate on Thursday, and plans to let the candidates set the tone and tenor of the event. (Photo courtesy CNN)
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In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, Saudi crown prince Nayef bin Abdel-Aziz, right, welcomes Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. China's premier visits Saudi Arabia as part of six-day Mideast trip that also takes him to the United Arab Emirates and qatar. The visit to the region runs from Jan. 14-19. Wen Jiabao is slated to discuss the Arab Spring uprising and talks are likely to also focus on the latest U.S. sanctions on Iran, a major oil exporter to China. (AP Photo/HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES
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Rep. Michael R. Turner, Ohio Republican (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, left, walks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Monrovia, Liberia Monday, Jan.16, 2012. Clinton was in Liberia to attend the second presidential inauguration of Sirleaf, Africa's first woman president, later in the day. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds up an old campaign poster of his father George Romney, which a supporter handed him to sign during a campaign rally Jan. 18, 2012, on the Wofford College campus in Spartanburg, S.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (left), accompanied by his wife, Callista, greets supporters during a GOP presidential campaign stop at the Christ Central Community Center in Winnsboro, S.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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** FILE ** Military personnel inspect each occupied cell on a two-minute cycle at the Camp 5 maximum-security facility at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in October 2007. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
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** FILE ** Alex Pourbaix (left), TransCanada Corp.’s president for energy and oil pipelines, addresses North Dakota officials and oil industry representatives with Sen. John Hoeven, North Dakota Republican, in Bismarck, N.D., on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)
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** FILE ** In this Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, file photo released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, confers a rank to an unidentified member of Iran's army during a ceremony, in Tehran, Iran. During a graduation at Iran's main army academy, the country's leader sketched out the Islamic Republic's tougher military posture. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader, File)
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British Prime Minister David Cameron (left) greets Mario Monti, his Italian counterpart, outside 10 Downing Street in London on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (left) signs documents as she submits a candidate list of her National League for Democracy party for the upcoming parliamentary by-elections at the Yangon District Election Commission on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. Mrs. Suu Kyi registered to run for a seat representing Kawhmu, a poor district south of Yangon. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
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In this Dec. 20, 2011, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks off the floor of the House chamber in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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** FILE ** Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum greets his audience at a gathering Tuesday on the USS Yorktown in Mount Pleasant, S.C. He is trying to convince voters in the run-up to the state's primary Saturday that he is the best conservative in the race. (Associated Press)
