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A protester chants slogans while riding on another man's shoulders following an attack by security forces in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 9, 2011. Soldiers beat hundreds of protesters with clubs and fired heavy volleys of gunfire into the air as part of a pre-dawn attack to clear away an overnight demonstration in Cairo's central Tahrir Square, in the latest sign of tensions between Egypt's ruling military and the country's protest movement. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)
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House Republicans and Senate Democrats agreed on a deal late Friday night to pass a short-term funding bill to keep the government open through the end of next week. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, holds a press conference following the democratic caucus at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Friday, April 8, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) offers brief remarks to reporters outside of his office at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Friday, April 8, 2011.(Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) arrives to offer brief remarks to reporters outside of his office at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Friday, April 8, 2011.(Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) offers brief remarks to reporters outside of his office at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Friday, April 8, 2011.(Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Patrons walk through the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2011, as Congress continues to debate in hopes of avoiding a government shutdown. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Susanne Brands, 22, left, and Mina Seljogi, 21, both interns at the American Foreign Service Association, attend a rally of U.S. diplomats and federal workers against the prospect of a government shutdown, Friday, April 8, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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GOP leadership led by Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) offers remarks during a break as they caucus at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Friday, April 8, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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GOP leadership led by Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) offers remarks during a break as they caucus at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Friday, April 8, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is joined by approximately half of the democratic as they hold a press conference following the democratic caucus at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Friday, April 8, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV, left) and Senator Patty Murray (D-WA, right) are joined by approximately half of the democratic caucus as they hold a press conference following the democratic caucus at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Friday, April 8, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** In this March 21, 2011, photo, Syrian army soldier steps out from the burned court building that was set on fire by Syrian anti-government protesters, in the southern city of Daraa, Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, Ohio Republican, offers brief remarks to reporters outside of his office at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Friday, April 8, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, talks to reporters during a pad-and-pen session at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Friday, April 8, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., gestures while speaking with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2011, to discuss the budget impasse. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this image made from television, a dust cloud is seen following the explosion of a missile, outside the strategic oil port of Brega, Libya, Thursday, April 7, 2011. An apparent NATO airstrike slammed into a rebel combat convoy Thursday, killing at least five fighters and sharply boosting anger among anti-government forces after the second bungled mission in a week blamed on the military alliance. (AP Photo/National Transitional Council in Libya via AP Television News)
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FILE - Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Howard Koh is shown in this July 13, 2010 file photo taken at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across from the White House in Washington. In a first-of-its-kind report, the government is recommending steps to reduce the disparities in health care between minority populations and white Americans. The plan being released Friday April 8, 2011 runs the gamut from improving dental care for poor children to tapping "promotoras," savvy community health workers who can help guide their Spanish-speaking neighbors in seeking treatment. But it acknowledges that giving everyone an equal shot at living a healthy life depends on far more than what happens inside a doctor's office _ or steps that federal health officials can take Koh said. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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D.C. Council member Mary M. Cheh confers Thursday with council member Marion Barry. She plans to hold more hearings on the personnel practices of Mayor Vincent C. Gray's administration. She is chairwoman of the Government Operations Committee. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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OPTS OUT: Former mayoral candidate Sulaimon Brown speaks to reporters in the John A. Wilson Building lobby Thursday during a hearing on the personnel practices of Mayor Vincent C. Gray's administration. He chose not to testify. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, California Republican, says the Obama administration is rushing to judgment and has bypassed Congress in pushing for the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." (Associated Press)
