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Thousands of Syrian women and children holding white flags and olive branches blocked a main coastal highway in Banias, Syria, on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, to demand that authorities release those detained in a crackdown on opponents of the Assad regime, witnesses said. (AP Photo)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a news conference with Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb (not shown) on Monday, April 11, 2011, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2010 file photo Singer Justin Bieber performs at Madison Square Garden. The Israeli prime minister's office says tentative plans for a meeting with visiting pop teen sensation Justin Bieber have been called off, and the cause of the breakdown is in dispute. A spokesman for Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday April 13, 2011 that Bieber representatives raised the idea of a meeting and the Israeli leader "was open" to the possibility. Bieber spokesman Scooter Brown says a meeting was never pursued.(AP Photo/Evan Agostini, Files)
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FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2010, file photo Dave Redell, a bat ecologist with the state Department of Natural Resources, stands near the steel bat cupola that covers the opening to the Neda mine near Horicon, Wis. Bats save American farmers at least $3.7 billion a year in pest-control costs by eating insects that feed on crops, a benefit that could be in jeopardy as a disease that has killed more than a million bats in the Northeast spreads to the Midwest. (AP Photo/The Capital Times, Michelle Stocker, File)
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A rebel fighter shouts to others not to flee after brief shelling landed near an ammunition dump on the outskirts of Ajdabiya. Pro-Gadhafi forces have waged a battle to retake the city, where rebels say they captured more than a dozen Algerian fighters last week.
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A rebel with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher talks with others watching the horizon for possible activity from their position in a partially destroyed restaurant on the outskirts of Ajdabiya. The rebels say Moammar Gadhafi is getting significant foreign help.
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Drew Angerer/The Washington Times Cornerback Kwesi Mitchell (11) directs the defensive backfield Monday during practice at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. However the defensive backfield takes shape, it will take its cues from Mitchell.
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"[Virginians] are ready for a leader who will fight to rein in government, create more job opportunities and unleash our American energy sources," George Allen said. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Rep. Paul D. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican and House Budget Committee chairman. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Flanked by fellow Republican Sens. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and John Barrasso of Wyoming, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky speaks to reporters Tuesday. "The debate has turned from how much to grow government to how much to reduce it," he said. (Associated Press)
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"We fought for cuts, but they had to be smart cuts, cuts that would strengthen our economy instead of weakening it," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, told reporters Tuesday, referring to Friday night's bipartisan budget agreement. (Associated Press)
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DEALER: Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, said, "You can't balance the budget by cutting domestic discretionary spending alone." (Bloomberg)
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Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, with D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray at her side, unleashes another barrage at Republicans and fellow Democrats for tacking on the anti-abortion rider to the federal budget bill. She spoke outside Planned Parenthood's D.C. headquarters. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad raise posters depicting the leader as they protest against pro-reform activists. Pro-government gunmen attacked two villages in a move to crush the uprising against Mr. Assad's regime, witnesses said. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Sen. Tom Harkin (foreground), Iowa Democrat, joins Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, and other senators at a "Back Off Social Security" rally on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 28, 2011. (Associated Press)
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"The revenues lost to tax havens might have — all by themselves — resolved the [budget] problem," said Sen. Carl Levin. "Whether you, like me, believe the budget cuts proposed by House Republicans are too deep, or whether you are a tea party fan who would use that revenue to fund additional tax cuts, there is no doubt that closing down tax-haven abuse would make a big dent in the problems we face." (Associated Press)
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President Obama greets members of the military and their families at the White House on Tuesday after first lady Michelle Obama announced "Joining Forces," which is intended to help troops and their loved ones on multiple fronts. (Associated Press)
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This undated photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Air Force Gen. William Shelton, the commander of Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Shelton addressed the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. He said he expects no increases in his budget but said demands for such critical services as the military-run Global Positioning System won't decline. He told space contractors that the military and industry must find a way to contain costs, especially on launches. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force)
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates walks on the tarmac after meeting with Kurdish Regional Government President Massoud Barzani on April 8 at the airport in Irbil, Iraq. Mr. Gates recently told lawmakers that a special funding measure contains $159 billion that is “not related to war," according to Arizona Republican Rep. Jeff Flake, who is looking for budget “pork” to cut. (Associated Press)
