Politics

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks to reporters Monday regarding a letter he received from the state Senate's minority leader on the political standoff. (Associated Press)

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (left) and Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrive for a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, March 7, 2011. Mr. Gates visited Afghanistan to meet with U.S. troops, allied commanders and Afghan leaders to gauge war progress as the Obama administration moves toward crucial decisions on reducing troop levels. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)

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White House press secretary Jay Carney gives the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, March 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Wisconsin Sen. Robert Jauch, a Democrat,, on the phone at the democratic headquarters in Superior, Wisc, on Nov. 2, 2010. Mr. Jauch is one of the 14 Wisconsin state senators who went to Illinois to avoid voting on Gov. Scott Walker's budget bill. (AP Photo/Leader-Telegram, Paul M. Walsh)

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An anti-government rebel sits with an anti-aircraft weapon in front an oil refinery, after the capture of the oil town of Ras Lanouf, eastern Libya, on March 5, 2011. Oil prices climbed to near $107 a barrel Monday as intense fighting between Libyan government forces and rebels appeared to be turning into a civil war and raised the prospect of a prolonged cut in crude exports from the OPEC nation. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

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President Obama, right, with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, left, during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday March, 7, 2011, in Washington.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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A Libyan anti-government rebel lies by the roadside at an advance checkpoint between the town of Ras Lanouf and Bin-Jawad, eastern Libya, Monday, March 7, 2011. An air strike hit Ras Lanouf, a key oil port held by the rebels, on Monday but there were no casualties. A day earlier, a heavy assault by pro-regime forces stalled the rebel advance. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Britain's Prince Andrew looks up as he leaves Canary Wharf, following a visit to the headquarters of the London CrossRail project in London, Monday, March, 7, 2011. Prince Andrew will have to decide whether he can continue his role as a trade envoy amid a controversy about his links to a convicted pedophile, a British Cabinet minister said Monday. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (right) talks with U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus upon the Pentagon chief's arrival in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, March 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Defense Department/Cherie Cullen)

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Smoke raises from a military army base that fell to the rebels opposed to Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi following an airstrike by Libyan warplanes that attacked in the oil town of Ras Lanouf, in eastern Libya, on Sunday, March 6, 2011. The anti-Gadhafi rebels fared better elsewhere, capturing the key oil port of Ras Lanouf from regime forces on Friday night, their first military victory in a potentially long and arduous westward march from the east of the country to Tripoli, the capital. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican, will examine al Qaeda's latest "dangerous tactic." (Associated Press)

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Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, White House Chief of Staff William Daley said, "When people comment on military action, most of them have no idea what they're talking about." (Associated Press)

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From left, NLFPA President Kevin Mawae, NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, and NFLPA spokesman George Atallah, leave after football labor negotiations with the NFL involving a federal mediator in Washington, Thursday, March 3, 2011.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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FILE - In this Wednesday Jan. 23, 2008 file photo Britain's Prince Andrew, gestures while speaking during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. As Buckingham Palace prepares to celebrate the wedding of Prince William, officials are rushing to contain a flurry of negative publicity from the side of the family that has long been a cause embarrassment. Prince Andrew, the queen's second son, is friends with a convicted sex offender _ pictures have been published of him with his arm around the waist of the teenage prostitute at the center of that case _ and his hosting of the son of the Tunisian dictator, shortly before a popular uprising drove him from power, has led to calls for him to be stripped of his role as special UK trade ambassador. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)