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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. (left) and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. stand together often when it comes to U.S. Supreme Court rulings. The appointees of President George W. Bush are both young and conservative. (Associated Press)
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Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, a possible 2012 Republican presidential candidate, answers a question Tuesday on WEZS radio in Laconia, N.H., as former Laconia City Council member Tom Brown looks on. (Associated Press)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Mr. McConnell said President Obama failed to explain what is the "desired outcome" of the mission in Libya in his nationally televised address the night before. (Associated Press)
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President Obama speaks Tuesday at the dedication of the Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building in New York. (Associated Press)
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Larry Cerne, of Cleveland, protests against Senate Bill 5 at the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday in Columbus. The bill would strip public employees of most collective-bargaining rights. Ohio's governor has said he would sign the measure. (Associated Press)
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The Syrian government mobilized people loyal to President Bashar Assad at rallies across the country Tuesday, including a massive gathering in Damascus, to show that the embattled leader's regime has wide support. The same day, Mr. Assad fired his Cabinet and promised an end to emergency laws in an attempt to placate dissenters. (Associated Press)
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Mr. Saleh speaks during a news conference in Sanaa on Friday, the same day Yemeni security forces shot at tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators.
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An anti-government protester in Sanaa, Yemen, reacts during a demonstration Tuesday demanding President Ali Abdullah Saleh's resignation. (Associated Press)
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To add realism to "Homefront," a new military "shooter" video game from the filmmaker behind the 1980s movie "Red Dawn," footage is included of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton describing the sinking of a South Korean ship by a North Korean submarine. ("Homefront" screen grabs)
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In this photo provided by the International Security Assistance Force Regional Command (South), Zabul provincial government officials exit a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to attend the Afghan local police validation ceremony at the Shah Joy district center on Monday, March 28, 2011, in Afghanistan's Zabul province. (Photo/U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)
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British Prime Minister David Cameron (left) listens as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the London Conference on Libya on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Arab League, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen and up to 40 foreign ministers were attending the talks, seeking to ratchet up the pressure on Col. Moammar Gadhafi to quit. (AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau, pool)
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**FILE** Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, wearing one of the blue work jackets that have become ubiquitous among bureaucrats since the tsunami, reacts during a budget committee meeting in parliament's upper house in Tokyo on March 29, 2011. (Associated Press)
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President Obama shakes hands with military officers after he spoke about Libya at the National Defense University in Washington on Monday, March 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad protester, waves Syrian flag as she looks to the crowed who demonstarte to show their support for their president, in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Pledging allegiance for President Bashar Assad as he faces the biggest challenge to his 11-year rule, hundreds of thousands of Syrians gathered in a central Damascus square Tuesday, waving his pictures and chanting support. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
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Syrian pro-Assad protesters shout slogans as they carry pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a sit-in in front of the Syrian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday, March 27, 2011. Hundreds of Syrians have demonstrated near their embassy in Beirut in support of the government. The nearly 2,000 demonstrators carried pictures of Assad and chanted: "Our souls, our blood, we sacrifice for you." (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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President Obama delivers his address on Libya at the National Defense University in Washington on Monday, March 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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“63 Documents the Government Doesn’t Want You to Read” is former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura's fifth book.
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This March 2011 photograph released by Patrick Kennedy, show Kennedy, right, with fiance Amy Petitgout. Kennedy, former U.S. Rep. from Rhode Island and son of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, is engaged to be married to Petitgout, a sixth-grade public school teacher from New Jersey. No date for the wedding has been set. (AP Photo/Patrick Kennedy) NO SALES
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DREW ANGERER/THE WASHINGTON TIMES D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray shakes hands Monday night with audience members after delivering his maiden State of the District address to a full house at Eastern High School in Northeast Washington.
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"We have a government that seems to be against us. Nobody's cheering for anything coming out of Washington," said George Allen, who is seeking to return to the U.S. Senate. But a rival for the GOP nomination is criticizing Mr. Allen for backing budgets that raised the federal debt by $3.2 trillion during his Senate term. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
