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** FILE ** Investigators work at the site of an explosion near a cafe in the town of Khasavyurt, Dagestan, southern Russia, on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. An explosive-laden car exploded near the White Nights cafe in the town of Khasavyurt in Dagestan, killing and wounding several persons. The town borders Chechnya, where two conflicts with the federal government in Moscow fueled the rise of Islamic militancy in the Northern Caucasus region. (AP Photo/Ruslan Alibekov, NewsTeam)
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An Egyptian anti-government activist kisses an Egyptian army officer, center back, in Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Smoke billows from a building following overnight clashes between Egyptian security forces and anti-government activists in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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The Egyptian museum is seen intact, right, as smoke billows from the ruling National Democratic party building, torched by anti government protesters overnight, in central Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is shown the new Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS), one of the prototype components, a small black box attached to wires, seen at far right, during a news conference announcing the device in Waltham, Mass., Friday morning, Jan. 28, 2011. Shane Karr, vice-president for Federal Government Affairs at the Alliance of Automotive Manufacturers looks on at right, as Laura Dean Mooney, national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) watches at left. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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An Egyptian Army soldier riding in an armored personnel carrier is surrounded by anti-government protesters near Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Fires burn in the National Democratic Party ruling party headquarters, after it was set alight by anti-government protesters, in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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** FILE ** Then-White House press secretary Robert Gibbs listens to a question on Egypt during his daily news briefing in the White House in Washington on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Anti-government protesters gather outside the ruling National Democratic Party headquarters, as it is engulfed by flames in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Egyptian anti-government activists run for a cover from the tear gaz during clashes with the riot- police in Cairo Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Egyptian activists protested for a fourth day as social networking sites called for a mass rally in the capital Cairo after Friday prayers, keeping up the momentum of the country's largest anti-government protests in years. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Egyptian anti-government activists carry a wounded man during clashes with the police in Cairo Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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A youth waves an Egyptian flag as people watch from a balcony during a demonstration by anti-government activists, in Cairo Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Egyptian anti-government activists are seen atop police trucks during clashes with police in Cairo Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Tear gas launched by Egyptian police officers is seen over a bridge thronging with anti-government protesters during clashes in Cairo Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administrator (NASA) Charles Bolden lays a wreath at a Challenger memorial, at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, in commemoration of NASA's National Day of Remembrance. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Family members, opposition Socialist leaders and supporters lay flowers during an anti-government protest in the Albanian capital Tirana Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 to honor three opposition supporters, pictured top right, shot dead during a protest last week. Hundreds of police guarded the main government building in the city center, bracing for a repeat of the deadly clashes that injured more than 150 protesters and security officers. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gestures as he heads a meeting on economic issues at the Gorki presidential residence outside Moscow on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)
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In this image made from video broadcast on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak appears on television saying he has asked his Cabinet to resign, in his first appearance on television since protests erupted demanding his ouster. (AP Photo/Egypt TV)
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, chided Republicans Thursday for delaying a nominee hearing. (Associated Press)
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Rahm Emanuel discusses the mayoral race in Chicago after being endorsed by U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley in Chicago on Thursday. The state Supreme Court voted 7-0 to restore Mr. Emanuel's candidacy three days after an Illinois Appeals Court booted the Chicago native off the ballot. (Associated Press)
