Politics

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY DREW ANGERER/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Active Army Sgt. John Eastwood shows resepct during the national anthem on Military Appreciation Night before Washington played San Francisco at Nationals Park.

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Pentagon employee Christy Heib wipes her eyes while sitting on a bench at the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington on Monday. Ms. Heib says the Sept. 11 attacks are why she began a government career. (Barbara L. Salisbury / The Washington Times)

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Among the offerings from patriotic entrepreneurs at Cafe Press: A $25 T-shirt celebrating the killing of Osama bin Laden. (Cafe Press)

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Cochise, Ariz., County Sheriff Larry Dever will testify on border security before a House subcommittee Tuesday. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Navy Petty Officer Matt Cobb (center) and seamen Juan Sosa (center) and Oleksandr Chulovsky acknowledge the crowd's standing ovation at Nationals Park for military service men and women during Military Appreciation Night at the park in Washington, D.C., Monday, May 2, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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From left: U.S. Navy Petty Officer Matt Cobb and seamen Juan Sosa, Oleksandr Chulovsky, Adam Hughes and Ed Brown acknowledge the crowd's standing ovation at Nationals Park for military service men and women during Military Appreciation Night at the park in Washington, D.C., Monday, May 2, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Navy Petty Officer Matt Cobb (second from right) joins (from left) U.S. Navy seamen Oleksandr Chulovsky, Juan Sosa, Ed Brown and Adam Hughes as makes their way up the steps at Nationals Park during Military Appreciation Night at the park in Washington, D.C., Monday, May 2, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Danny Montoya of Warrenton, Va., holds a sign up in Lafayette Park outside the White House on May 2, 2011, the morning after the country learned that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by U.S. Navy Seals. Montoya says that our first initiative following the Sept. 11 attacks was to get Osama Bin Laden, and he feels that now that he's dead, some of the U.S. troops who have been assigned to more remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan should be able to come home. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama presents the Medal of Honor to George Kaho'ohanohano, nephew of Korean War casualty Pfc. Anthony T. Kaho'ohanohano, during a posthumous-award ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Monday.

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Rep. Paul D. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, has proposed cutting $6.2 trillion in government spending over the next decade as a start to dealing with the national debt. The plan relies on repealing the year-old health care law and deep cuts in Medicaid. (AP Photo)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, here in 2008, says a loss of bipartisan cooperation is hampering current education reform efforts.

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CANADIAN PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in power since 2006, could be out of a job if recent polls are any indication. If he doesn't secure a majority government in Monday's election, the opposition parties are expected to try to form a coalition government.

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New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton favors higher taxes and more social spending. "We can change the government. We're not just going to oppose [Prime Minister Stephen] Harper, we're going to replace him," Mr. Layton said.

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Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh insists Hamas won't give up control of its security forces or of Gaza after a unity pact with the Palestinian Authority, set to be signed Wednesday, takes effect. (Associated Press)

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Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh insists Hamas won't give up control of its security forces or of Gaza after a unity pact with the Palestinian Authority, set to be signed Wednesday, takes effect. (Associated Press)

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Associated Press Afghan President Hamid Karzai, addressing a gathering at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday lauded Osama bin Laden's death as a serious blow to terrorism.

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"I'm just a proud American and wanted to come down here and stand in front of the White House and wave my flag," says Danny Parker of Shamokin, Pa., who drove to Washington, D.C., Sunday night after hearing the news that Osama Bin Laden was killed. He arrived in the nation's capital Monday at 5 a.m., and spent the morning standing in front of the White House in Lafayette Park. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times) ** FILE **