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A Bahraini anti-government demonstrator lies injured on a stretcher as anti-government demonstrators take him to hospital in capital Manama early Thursday morning, Feb. 17, 2011. Armed patrols prowled neighborhoods and tanks appeared in the streets for the first time Thursday after riot police with tear gas and clubs drove protesters from a main square where they had demanded sweeping political change in this tiny kingdom. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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A Bahraini anti-government demonstrator shows a pictures of a wounded man who she said was injured during the riot police attack at Pearl Square in Manama, Bahrain, early Thursday morning, Feb. 17, 2011. Riot police firing tear gas and rubber bullets stormed a landmark square occupied by anti-government protesters Thursday, driving out demonstrators and destroying a makeshift encampment that had become the hub for demands to bring sweeping political changes to the kingdom. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011, in Washington, about America's Great Outdoors initiative. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Iraqi anti-government protesters carry a man who collapsed during a demonstration in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. The demonstrators demanded the local governor's ouster while protesters elsewhere stormed a local government building, the latest examples of the anger sweeping the country over poor government services and high unemployment. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
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A supporter of Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi poses for the camera while holding a national flag during a pro-government demonstration in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, early on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Abdel Meguid al-Fergany)
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Wax figures of President John Adams, left, and President Thomas Jefferson, right, are on display as part of an American Presidents exhibit at Madame Tussaud's wax museum in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. A new gallery opening in Washington will show wax figures of all 44 U.S. presidents together in the nation's capital for the first time. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Smoke drifts over the Gongolamboto military camp on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam Thursday Feb. 17, 2011, following several explosion that occurred on Wednesday night. The explosions leveled homes, killed at least 20 people and wounded about 145 others. (AP Photo Khalfan Said)
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In this image from video armored personnel carriers roll toward Pearl Square occupied by anti-government protesters Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Riot police firing tear gas and wielding clubs stormed a landmark square occupied by anti-government protesters before dawn Thursday, driving out demonstrators and destroying a makeshift encampment that had become the hub for demands to bring sweeping political changes to the kingdom. (AP Photo/Tony Mitchell, HO)
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Haiti's presidential candidate Michel Martelly, right, and Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean talk after a press conference announcing Jean's support on Martelly's run for the presidency in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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**FILE** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, takes part in a Feb. 2 hearing of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee on Capitol Hill to discuss the need to create jobs. (Associated Press)
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Jobless archeology graduates protest to demand jobs in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo on Wednesday. Strikes and protests erupted in Egypt after the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. (Associated Press)
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Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner tells senators that if trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama aren't approved, U.S. "business just goes to other countries." (Associated Press)
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HOLD THE KNIFE: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warns of a "crisis" for military readiness if deeper budget cuts are made. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Anna G. Eshoo
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The Dong Feng 21D missiles, thought to be capable of hitting a powerfully defended moving target, were paraded past Tiananmen Square in Beijing in October 2009. (Associated Press)
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U.S. Sen. John Kerry (second from left) meets Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday before meeting with the Pakistani prime minister in Islamabad about Raymond Davis' status. (Associated Press)
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President Laurent Gbagbo refuses to leave office though challenger Alassane Ouattara defeated him. Bodies began arriving at morgues the night election results were to be announced, Dec. 1. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier (Associated Press)
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"In New Jersey, they call me impatient. They call me lots of other things, too," Gov. Chris Christie, New Jersey Republican, said in a speech in Washington on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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President Obama speaks on the America's Great Outdoors initiative Wednesday during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. (Associated Press)
