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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, he will return half of his annual salary to the government's treasury in a symbolic effort to balance the standard of living between the nation's rich and poor. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)
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President Obama meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Sept. 1, 2010. U.S. intelligence agencies' failure to predict the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt had drawn criticism from the White House and Congress. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Pakistani displaced people arrive at a camp set up in Naghi, 11 miles northwest of the Afghanistan border in the Pakistani tribal area of Mohmand on Jan. 31, 2011. About 22,000 Pakistani villagers have fled military operations against Islamist militants in a tribal region near the Afghan border, a government administrator and the army said on Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Anwarullah Khan)
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Egyptian protesters perform Friday prayers during a protest in Tahrir or Liberation Square in Cairo, Egypt Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. Protesters demanding President Hosni Mubarak's ouster packed Cairo's central square by the tens of thousands Friday, waving Egyptian flags, singing the national anthem and cheering, appearing undaunted and determined after their camp withstood two days of street battles with regime supporters trying to dislodge them. (AP Photo/Ahmed Ali)
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Anti-government protesters rise their hands in the victory sign in Cairo's Tahrir Square, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. The Egyptian military guarded thousands of protesters pouring into Cairo's main square on Friday in an attempt to drive out President Hosni Mubarak after a week and half of pro-democracy demonstrations. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Egyptian doctors and medics treat an injured suspected government supporter near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Thursday. (Associated Press)
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Protesters carry an injured suspected government supporter near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Thursday. (Associated Press)
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Anti-government protesters throw stones during clashes in Cairo on Thursday. Egypt's prime minister apologized for an attack by government supporters. (Associated Press)
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A soldier tries to halt protesters just outside Cairo's main square Thursday. The protesters accuse the regime of sending a force of paid thugs and policemen in civilian clothes to attack them. (Associated Press)
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BURNED OUT: The remains of a vehicle in Cairo is a temporary resting place for anti-government protesters on Thursday. Looting, arson and beatings have become the norm in demonstrations that started peacefully last week, but activists still hope for a massive turnout on "Departure Friday." (Associated Press)
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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of wounded Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington. Failures while in the White House have prompted him to question God's plans for him, the president said. (Associated Press)
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President Reagan sensed winter in Washington as a sign that "spring is coming" with things "beginning again." (Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Foundation)
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Sen. Claire McCaskill, Missouri Democrat, is being targeted for defeat in the 2012 elections. The Republican Party is portraying her as a free spender and one of President Obama's most reliable allies. (Associated Press)
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Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj says he is a staunch Reaganite when it comes to promoting democracy and free markets in his country of 2.7 million people. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)
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President Reagan sensed winter in Washington as a sign that "spring is coming" with things "beginning again." (Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Foundation)
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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greet astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of wounded Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington on Thursday. Failures while in the White House have prompted him to question God's plans for him, the president said. (Associated Press)
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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (left), Wisconsin Republican, and the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, are still divided on budget cuts. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Claire McCaskill, Missouri Democrat, is being targeted for defeat in the 2012 elections. The Republican Party is portraying her as a free spender and one of President Obama's most reliable allies. (Associated Press)
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President Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan, with their dog Rex, wave to White House visitors on July 27, 1986. (Associated Press)
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President Reagan announces the resignation of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger (right) during a briefing at the White House on June 17, 1986. Reagan said he would nominate Justice William H. Rehnquist (second from right) to the post of chief justice and Antonin Scalia (left) as a member of the Supreme Court. (Associated Press)
