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Washington Redskins fullback Darrel Young (center) does stretching exercises during training camp on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Washington Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall (left) takes a rest during training camp at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va., on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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In this photo taken during a government organized tour, a road is blocked in the central city of Hama, Syria, on Aug. 7, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Shop fronts are seen damaged in Enfield area of north London on Aug. 8, 2011, following restive protests overnight. Renewed unrest erupted on London streets amid community anger over a fatal police shooting. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Sen. Mark O. Hatfield and his wife, Antoinette, are pictured in 1995. Mr. Hatfield, an outspoken critic of war whose liberal views often put him at odds with fellow Republicans, died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011, at age 89. (AP Photo/Jack Smith, File)
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Virginia Delegate Ward Armstrong, Henry Democrat and House minority leader, is moving from Collinsville to Bassett to run for another term after his old district was reconfigured. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem (right) met with his Lebanese counterpart, Adnan Mansour, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday. Mr. Mansour also met with Syrian President Bashar Assad (shown in portrait), who has stressed that his country is moving steadily on reforms but would deal with "outlaws" to preserve the country's security.
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In this Aug. 1, 2011 photo, Brian Reilly, a worker at the schoolhouse where the modern Republican Party was founded in Ripon, Wis., talks about why he will support the Democratic candidate in one of six state Senate recall elections. Reilly said he's previously voted for Republican incumbent Sen. Luther Olsen, who ran twice unopposed, but was disgusted with how Republicans in control of the Senate pushed through Gov. Scott Walker's bill taking away most public employees' collective bargaining rights earlier this year. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)
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"The tea party hasn't destroyed Washington. Washington was destroyed before the tea party got here. The hope is that the tea party and middle-of-the-road people can find common ground to turn this country around before we become Greece." -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, said on CBS' "Face the Nation." (Associated Press)
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"I believe this is, without question, the tea party downgrade." -- Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, said on NBC's "Meet the Press." (Associated Press)
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" 'Mad Men' shows you how to look great in the workplace, and it shows you how to work it," says Joanna Coles, editor-in-chief of Marie Claire.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Mattar Mattar, a former lawmaker with the Shiite Wefaq opposition, embraces a relative on Sunday outside his home in Daih, Bahrain, after being released from prison pending trial. He was freed with scores of others detained during an anti-government uprising.
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A Syrian demonstrating in Cairo on Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, holds up a poster with an image of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a protest against the leader's regime. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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** FILE ** In this Jan. 15, 2005, file photo, Army Spc. Charles Graner walks into the judicial complex at Fort Hood, Texas, for the sentencing phase of his court-martial. Graner, the alleged ringleader of detainee abuses at Abu Ghraib in Iraq, was released Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, from a military prison after serving more than 6½ years of a 10-year sentence, an Army spokeswoman said. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
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Masoud Shafiei, the Iranian lawyer for two Americans who have been jailed in Iran on charges of espionage, speaks at his office in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 30, 2011. Two Americans could be released after a court hearing slated for Sunday, their lawyer said. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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** FILE ** U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, left, talks to FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt during a news conference to discuss the interruption of federal funding for airport construction projects and contractors at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)
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A child from southern Somalia, is treated for malnourishment in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. The United Nations predicts famine will probably spread to all of southern Somalia within a month and force tens of thousands more people to flee into the capital of Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
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** FILE ** This Aug. 3, 2011, file image posted on the Internet by Shaam News Network, showing what they purport to be a military tank on the streets of the city of Hama, Syria, on the "third day of Ramadan." Gunmen in plainclothes are randomly shooting people in the streets of the besieged Syrian city of Hama and families are burying their loved ones in gardens at home for fear of being killed themselves if they venture out to cemeteries, a resident said Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/SHAMSNN, File)
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"We are concerned about the acts of intimidation as well as their record on previous agreements and other activities. It's a real concern, I've raised it. It's not the intelligence committee that fails to understand the problem. It's the Obama administration." -Former Sen. Christopher S. Bond, (right) who served as the vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence between 2007 and 2010
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**FILE** Rep. Jeff Landry (left), Louisiana Republican, talks with an aide outside of the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill on July 29, 2011. (Associated Press)
