Politics

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DREW ANGERER/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Rory McIlroy won the U.S. Open at Congressional last month after leading the first three rounds of the Masters.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama greets Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Arthur Petry before awarding him the Medal of Honor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday. Sgt. Petry is the ninth service member to have been named a recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Washington Capitals General manager George McPhee talks with reporters during a press conference at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, Va., Monday, July 11, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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A school bus drops off seniors at an East Harlem market. "It's about changing the way we think about the way we're growing old in our community," New York Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs said. "The phrase 'end of life' does not apply anymore."

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Palestinian Fayza Al Louh's three-story house in northern Gaza Strip is still in ruins after being damaged in an Israeli offensive in January 2009. Israel has kept restrictions on the construction and export sectors, and unemployment is near 50 percent. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the Open Government Partnership high-level meeting at the State Department in Washington on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Attending a State Department dinner on Monday, July 11, 2011, in Washington after talks by the Quartet of Mideast peacekeepers are (from left) U.N. Ambassador Lynn Pascoe, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the Quartet's representative. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Pakistani soldiers at a forward base fire an artillery shell toward a target during a military operation against militants in Pakistan's Khurram tribal region on Sunday, July 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zubair)

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** FILE ** In this Tuesday, April 5, 2011, file photo, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown answers question during an interview with the Associated Press in Geneva, Switzerland. British media say that former Prime Minister Gordon Brown had his personal information targeted by elements of Rupert Murdoch's media empire. (AP Photo/Salvatore Di Nolfi, File)

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EYEWITNESS: Rep. Duncan Hunter, a California Republican who has just returned from a fact-finding trip to Afghanistan, said, "We have to let Pakistan know we have to go after targets that are so embarrassing to them ... [that] when Pakistan cries 'foul,' everybody just kind of laughs at it and shrugs it off and says, 'Good job, America.' " (Associated Press)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray has withdrawn a security contract with the District, currently held by U.S. Security Associates, citing D.C. Council concerns about employment practices. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Kamani Robinson (center), originally from Washington, demonstrates with others in front of the White House on July 9, 2011, to call for a stop to the NATO bombing of Libya. (Associated Press)

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry has phoned influential Republicans in early-voting New Hampshire and Iowa in recent days as he weighs whether to enter the race for the GOP presidential nomination. (Associated Press)

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"I don't think it's ever too late until the fat lady sings. What's needed for the country is at least a $4 trillion package," said Sen. Kent Conrad, North Dakota Democrat and Senate Budget Committee chairman, regarding his budget proposal. (Associated Press)

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Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services nominee Neil A. Stanley is expected to be confirmed as head of the troubled agency after the D.C. Council declines to vote on his nomination Tuesday. Mr. Stanley was named DYRS interim director in December and acting director in March. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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President Obama meets Monday at the White House with House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, for talks aimed at a deal on debt reduction. (Associated Press)

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, here at an ASEAN summit in 2010, are expected to sign a bilateral agreement soon allowing intercountry adoptions to resume fully. It is said to be "nearing finalization." (Associated Press)