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Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. is calling for increased spending to protect members of Congress and their staffs following the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. (Associated Press)
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Chinese actor and director Jiang Wen (right) appears in the movie "Let the Bullets Fly." He has produced one of the year's biggest hits in a sensitive genre, taking in $91 million with a rare political satire in an industry that's still carefully censored by the country's communist government. (Associated Press)
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Dr. Peter Rhee, chief trauma and critical care surgeon at University Medical Center in Tucson, describes in more detail to reporters Tuesday the gunshot wound sustained by Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. (Associated Press)
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell gestures during a press conference detailing the Republican agenda for the 2011 session of the General Assembly as Virginia Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, left, and Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, right, listen at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Iranian Christians attend Christmas Mass at St. Grigor Armenian Catholic Church in Tehran on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010. Iran has arrested about 70 Christians since Christmas in a crackdown that demonstrates the limits of religious tolerance by Islamic leaders, who often boast they provide room for other faiths. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) **FILE**
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Goldman Sachs Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein testifies before the Senate subcommittee on investigations hearing on Wall Street investment banks and the financial crisis on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, right, walks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, as she arrives at the Presidential Palace in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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South Sudanese arrive in the Southern Sudan capital of Juba by Nile River barge on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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Media stakes out the home of Jared Loughner in Tucson, Ariz., Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. Mr. Loughner is accused of trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at an event in Tucson on Saturday. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (left) meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates attends an interview in Beijing on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. Technical glitches and sanctions that have delayed Iran's nuclear program give the United States and its partners more time to exert pressure without resorting to military action, Mr. Gates said. (Bloomberg/Keith Bedford)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, left, listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, left, walks with Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi before their meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton leaves the Zabeel Palace after her meeting with Sheik Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday Jan. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
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SOLIDARITY: Members of Congress and staffers gather outside the Capitol on Monday to observe a moment of silence for Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and other victims of the shooting rampage Saturday. (Associated Press)
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SOLIDARITY: Members of Congress and staffers gather outside the Capitol on Monday to observe a moment of silence for Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and other victims of the shooting rampage Saturday. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and government employees observe a moment of silence on South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, to honor those who were killed and injured in the shooting in Tucson, Ariz. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., is in critical condition after being shot in the head. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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SOLIDARITY: Members of Congress and staffers gather outside the Capitol on Monday to observe a moment of silence for Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and other victims of the shooting rampage Saturday. (Associated Press)
