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New York City police officers prevent protesters from entering Wall Street from the east on Nov. 17, 2011. Two days after the encampment that sparked the global Occupy protest movement was cleared by authorities, demonstrators marched through New York's financial district Thursday and promised a national day of action with mass gatherings in other cities. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this Tuesday, April 8, 2008, file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Iranian President's Office, File)
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President Barack Obama waves to the troops after speaking at the Royal Army Air Force Base in Darwin, Australia, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton was among three D.C. officials Wednesday to turn down a budget-autonomy deal Tuesday offered by a Republican lawmaker. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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In a letter anticipating the announcement, a largely Democratic group of 109 members, including Rep. John D. Dingell, the dean of the delegation who represents Detroit, commended the president. (Associated Press)
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Condoleezza Rice and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer are among luminaries who will be attending the three-day Project GoPink conference for Republican women, beginning Thursday. (Photo courtesy Project GoPink)
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a parliamentary dinner in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Alan Porritt, Pool)
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Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti (left) receives a small bell from former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after the swearing-in ceremony at the prime minister's office at Chigi Palace in Rome on Wednesday. The bell is used by the prime minister to call attention during Cabinet meetings. (Associated Press)
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Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti (left) receives a small bell from former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after the swearing-in ceremony at the prime minister's office at Chigi Palace in Rome on Wednesday. The bell is used by the prime minister to call attention during Cabinet meetings. (Associated Press)
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House Speaker John Boehner (right), Ohio Republican, reacts emotionally while presenting a Congressional Gold Medal to astronaut Neil Armstrong during a ceremony in honor of Armstrong and fellow astronauts Michael Collins, John Glenn and Buzz Aldrin at the Capitol building in Washington on Nov. 16, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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Astronaut Michael Collins (left) receives a Congressional Gold Medal from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, as fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong (fifth from left) receives his medal from House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (fifth from right), Nevada Democrat, presents to astronaut John Glenn, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (second from right), Kentucky Republican, to Buzz Aldrin during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at the Capitol building in Washington on Nov. 16, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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Astronaut Neil Armstrong speaks Nov. 16, 2011, during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at the Capitol building in Washington. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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From left: Astronauts John Glenn and Buzz Aldrin listen to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at the Capitol building in Washington on Nov. 16, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Jr. speaks Nov. 16, 2011, during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in honor of astronauts Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, John Glenn and Buzz Aldrin at the Capitol building in Washington. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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From left: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican; Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas Republican; former astronaut Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat; and astronauts John Glenn and Buzz Aldrin stand under a statue of Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 16, 2011, during the invocation of a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at the Capitol building in Washington. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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House Speaker John Boehner (second from left), Ohio Republican, reacts emotionally Nov. 16, 2011, while presenting a Congressional Gold Medal to astronaut Neil Armstrong (left) as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (second from right), Nevada Democrat, presents a Congressional Gold Medal to astronaut John Glenn during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at the Capitol building in Washington. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)
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Young people (left) sit against the wall of a home marked with graffiti reading "C.D.C.," the acronym for the opposition political party. (Associated Press)
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Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (below center) walks with Prince Johnson (below right) at a rally in Monrovia, Liberia, on Nov. 6 before the presidential election two days later. Mrs. Johnson-Sirleaf won re-election and denies making concessions to Mr. Johnson, an ex-warlord linked to atrocities. (Associated Press)
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Law enforcement officers photograph a window at the White House on Nov. 16, 2011, after two bullets were found the previous day on the property. A bullet hit an exterior window of the White House and was stopped by ballistic glass, the Secret Service said. An additional round of ammunition was found on the White House exterior. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Alex Ovechkin (8) of the Washington Capitals during the teams win in overtime against the Anaheim Ducks in NHL Hockey at the Verizon Center, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
