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A person injured at the youth camp on the island of Utoya is taken from a helicopter into the Ullevaal Hospital in Oslo Friday July 22, 2011. At Utoya, an island outside Oslo, a gunman dressed in a police uniform opened fire at a Labor Party youth camp, shooting several youths, party spokesman Per Gunnar Dahl told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Hakon Mosvold Larsen)
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Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, right, speaks to the media in Sundvollen, Norway, Saturday, July 23, 2011. (AP Photo/ScanpixAleksander Andersen/Scanpix)
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This is an undated image obtained from the Twitter page of Anders Behring Breivik, 32, who was arrested July 22, 2011, in connection to the twin attacks on a youth camp and a government building in Oslo, Norway. (Associated Press/Twitter)
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Sylvia Clemmons, front, and Alice Giles, back, walk through the main lobby at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2001. Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the military's flagship hospital where privates to presidents have gone for care for more than a century, is closing its doors. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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President Barack Obama meets with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Saturday, July 23, 2011, in Washington, to discuss the debt. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Two women are seen leaving as rescue workers arrive to help the injured following an explosion in Oslo, Norway Friday July 22, 2011. A powerful blast tore open several Oslo buildings including the prime minister's office on Friday. One person was reportedly killed and several were injured, as the blast shattered windows and coated the street with documents. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is safe, government spokeswoman Camilla Ryste told The Associated Press, although it was unclear whether that meant he was uninjured. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Thomas Winje Aijord)
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio is followed by reporters after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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An injured woman is assisted from a damaged building in Oslo, Friday, July 22, 2011, after an explosion rocked the capital. Terrorism ravaged long-peaceful Norway on Friday when a bomb ripped open buildings including the prime minister's office and a man dressed as a police officer opened fire at a nearby island youth camp. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Morten Holm)
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Smoke rises from the central area of Oslo Friday, July 22, 2011 after an explosion. Terrorism ravaged long-peaceful Norway on Friday when a bomb ripped open buildings including the prime minister's office and a man dressed as a police officer opened fire at a nearby island youth camp. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Jon Bredo Overaas)
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An official attempts to clear away spectators from buildings in the centre of Oslo, Friday July 22, 2011, following an explosion that tore open several buildings including the prime minister's office, shattering windows and covering the street with documents.(AP Photo/Fartein Rudjord)
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The wreckage of a car lies outside a building in the centre of Oslo, Friday, July 22, 2011, following an explosion that tore open several buildings including the prime minister's office, shattering windows and covering the street with documents. (AP Photo/Roald Berit, Scanpix, Norway)
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A victim is treated outside government buildings in the centre of Oslo, Friday, July 22, 2011, following an explosion that tore open several buildings including the prime minister's office, shattering windows and covering the street with documents.(AP Photo/Fartein Rudjord)
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Smoke pours from a building in the centre of Oslo, Friday, July 22, 2010, following an explosion that tore open several buildings including the prime minister's office, shattering windows and covering the street with documents.(AP Photo/Thomas Winje Øijord, Scanpix, Norway)
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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In this video image taken from television, smoke is seen billowing from a damaged building as debris is strewn across the street after an explosion in Oslo, Norway, Friday, July 22, 2011. A loud explosion shattered windows Friday at the government headquarters in Oslo, which includes the prime minister's office, injuring several people. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is safe, government spokeswoman Camilla Ryste told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/TV2 NORWAY via APTN)
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Jon Huntsman Jr., a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks to a group of Spartanburg and Greenville County Republicans gathered at Mutt's BBQ in Spartanburg, S.C., on Monday. (Associated Press)
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Nikki Hemstad (center), a card dealer at Canterbury Park's casino in Shakopee, Minn., is back at work Thursday after the state government shutdown ended. Despite the resolution, Minnesota made no significant progress on its budget woes, leaving it on track to face the same deficit problems in two years. (Associated Press)
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House Speaker John A. Boehner exits Thursday after fielding questions at a press conference on the budget at the Capitol. The Ohio Republican said he´s committed to working out a deal to raise the debt limit, even though some conservative tea party-backed House Republicans are opposed to such action. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY DREW ANGERER/THE WASHINGTON TIMES A group of kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Prince William County take a look at a 10-pound parrot rifle at Camp Manassas on Thursday. The parrot rifle was capable of hitting targets a mile and a half away, according to Mike DeAngelo, who is a living historian camping out for the weekend. This particular cannon was used in the Civil War movie "Gods and Generals." Greg Stull (left) of Bernville, Pa., wipes sweat from his brow under his encampment near the Manassas Museum on Thursday. Mr. Stull was dressing as a Confederate general for the weekend and camping out with his wife, Sherri.
