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**FILE** U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, secure the area after exiting a Chinook helicopter, Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, on June 18, 2006. Insurgents shot down on Aug. 6, 2011, a U.S. military helicopter similar to this one shown during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as seven Afghan commandos, U.S. officials said. (Associated Press)
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From left: Siblings Dylan Dougherty Stanley, 26, Ryan Edward Dougherty, 21, and Grace Lee E. Dougherty, 29, are shown. Authorities have sought the three since Aug. 2, 2011, for crimes in Florida and Georgia. (Associated Press/FBI via the Atlanta Journal & Constitution)
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, campaigns for the GOP presidential nomination at a stop in Humboldt, Iowa, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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This video image broadcast on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, by Libyan TV purports to show Col. Moammar Gadhafi's youngest son, Khamis Gadhafi (left), who commands one of the best-trained and -equipped units in the Libyan military, visiting an injured woman in a hospital in Tripoli, Libya, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Libyan TV)
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President Obama arrives at the White House on Aug. 9, 2011, after making an unannounced trip to Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, Del., to pay tribute to the 30 U.S. troops killed over the weekend in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)
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An image made from amateur video released by Deir el-Zour Press News (DPN) and accessed via Associated Press Television News on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, shows Syrian tanks on the streets of Deir el-Zour, Syria, on Tuesday, Aug. 9. 2011. Government troops seized control of the eastern flashpoint city Wednesday following intense shelling and gunfire, an activist said. (AP Photo/DPN via APTN)
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Voters cast their ballots in Wisconsin's 32nd Senate District recall election on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, at the OmniCenter in Onalaska, Wis. (AP Photo/La Crosse Tribune, Rory O'Driscoll)
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Jack Leff talks with poll workers as voters line up to cast ballots on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 at Bayside Middle School in Bayside, Wis.,shortly after the polls open. With control of the Wisconsin Senate at stake, six Republican senators face a recall challenge today. On the ballot in Bayside is the race between Sen. Alberta Darling and Rep. Sandy Pasch. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Mike De Sisti)
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The Atlanta Dream celebrate their last-second 72-70 win over the Washington Mystics. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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** FILE ** In this July 27, 2011, file photo, Sen. Patty Murray, Washington Democrat, speaks as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid listens at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reid announced Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, he's naming Murray to co-chair a powerful "super committee" charged with finding more than $1 trillion in deficit cuts this fall. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Education Secretary Arne Duncan (right) discusses waivers for No Child Left Behind at the White House on Monday as White House press secretary Jay Carney looks on. The Obama administration has moved forward with a plan to grant waivers to states if they demonstrate reform and maintain high levels of student achievement. Several states will apply for relief.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron addresses the media outside 10 Downing Street in London. Cameron announced the recall of Parliament from its summer recess to deal with the crisis touched off by three days of rioting in London. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)
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** FILE ** In this April 1, 2011 file photo, David Buerger, an elections specialist with the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, inspects recall petitions filed against Sen. Dan Kapanke, LaCrosse Republican. Tuesday's election targeting Kapanke and five other Republicans could swing majority control of the state Senate to the Democrats, giving them the power to block the GOP agenda. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart, File)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, seen outside a Baltimore courthouse Monday with her attorney, Benjamin C. Sutley, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute heroin. Miss Pearson played a Baltimore drug gang assassin in HBO's "The Wire."
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Washington Redskins quarterback John Beck drops back for a pass during training camp at Redskins Park on Aug. 9, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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President Obama walks with Col. Mark Camerer, the 436th Airlift Wing Commander, upon the president's arrival at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., on Aug. 9, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Washington Redskins linebacker Ryan Kerrigan (91) kicks his leg as he and fellow Redskins players run through drills on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Col. Mark Camerer (left), commander of the 436th Airlift Wing at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, greets President Obama on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. Mr. Obama was expected to meet privately with families of 30 Americans killed over the weekend in an International Security Assistance Force helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Phil Hart (left) and Clinton Jennings walk the picket line on Aug. 8, 2011, during the Communication Workers of America strike outside Verizon on Leesville Road in Lynchburg, Va. (Associated Press/The News & Advance)
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Doves take wing in Nagasaki, Japan, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, during the annual ceremony to mark the anniversary of the world's second atomic bomb attack. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
