Politics

obama_1166

President Barack Obama arrives to deliver a statement in the in the Old Executive Office Building, on the White House campus in Washington, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement to the media at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. Obama proposed freezing the pay of federal civilian employees this year and next as part of an effort to bring the budget deficit under control. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

obama_1164

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement to the media at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. Obama proposed freezing the pay of federal civilian employees this year and next as part of an effort to bring the budget deficit under control. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

obama_1163

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement to the media at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. Obama proposed freezing the pay of federal civilian employees this year and next as part of an effort to bring the budget deficit under control. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

obama_1162

President Barack Obama leaves after delivering a statement in the in the Old Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

haiti_1093

Haiti's presidential candidate Jude Celestin, the head of the state-run construction company who is supported by current President Rene Preval, casts his vote during general elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

haiti_1092

Haiti's presidential candidate Michel Martelly, center, accompanied by fellow candidate Charles-Henri Baker, right, and musician Wyclef Jean ride atop a vehicle through Port-au-Prince to demonstrate against the general elections in Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Twelve of the 19 candidates, including Martelly and Baker, endorsed a joint statement denouncing Sunday's voting as fraudulent and calling on their supporters to show their anger with demonstrations against the government and the country's Provisional Electoral Council. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

haiti_1091

A supporter of Haiti's presidential candidate Michel Martelly kisses one of his campaign posters while following him during a demonstration against the general elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Twelve of the 19 candidates, including Martelly, endorsed a joint statement denouncing Sunday's voting as fraudulent and calling on their supporters to show their anger with demonstrations against the government and the country's Provisional Electoral Council. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

haiti_1089

Supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly march in protest toward a polling station during the country's general elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Nov. 28, 2010. Nearly all the major presidential candidates have backed a statement calling for the cancellation of the election and asked for people to take to the streets to protest allegations of fraud. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

haiti_1088

An electoral worker stands to protect the ballot boxes as fellow worker hides under the desk after the polling station was stormed allegedly by supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly during the country's general elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Nov. 28, 2010. Nearly all the major presidential candidates have backed a statement calling for the cancellation of the election and asked for people to take to the streets to protest allegations of fraud. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

haiti_1084

An electoral worker waits behind ballot boxes to start counting the votes after the closing of the polling stations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Haitians wrapped up their election in discord, with nearly all the major presidential candidates calling for the vote to be voided over fraud and reports that large numbers of voters were turned away across the quake-stricken country. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garcia)

haiti_1083

An electoral worker shows a ballot with a vote marked for presidential candidate Jude Celestin while counting the votes after the closing of polling stations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Haitians wrapped up their election in discord, with nearly all the major presidential candidates calling for the vote to be voided over fraud and reports that large numbers of voters were turned away across the quake-stricken country. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garcia)

haiti_1080

A police officer arrests an alleged supporter of presidential candidate Michel Martelly after a group of demonstrators stormed a polling station during general elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Nov. 28, 2010. Nearly all the major presidential candidates have backed a statement calling for the cancellation of the election and asked for people to take to the streets to protest allegations of fraud. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

haiti_1079

Police officers run and cover from stones thrown by alleged supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly, after they stormed a polling station during the general elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Nearly all the major presidential candidates have backed a statement calling for the cancellation of the election and asked for people to take to the streets to protest allegations of fraud. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

haiti_1078

Electoral workers pick up unmarked ballots from the ground after a polling station was stormed allegedly by supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly during the country's general elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Nov. 28, 2010. Nearly all the major presidential candidates have backed a statement calling for the cancellation of the election and asked for people to take to the streets to protest allegations of fraud. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

haiti_1077

Supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly cross a creek while marching toward a polling station during the general elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Nearly all the major presidential candidates have backed a statement calling for the cancellation of the election and asked for people to take to the streets to protest allegations of fraud. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

haiti_1075

Demonstrators run to protest against the general elections after a news conference by twelve of the nineteen presidential candidates in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Nearly all the major candidates endorsed a joint statement denouncing Sunday's voting as fraudulent and calling on their supporters to show their anger with demonstrations against the government and the country's Provisional Electoral Council. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

haiti_1074

A voter casts his ballot as a man hides under the table while the polling station is being stormed, background, by alleged supporters of presidential candidate Michel Martelly during the general elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday Nov. 28, 2010. Nearly all the major presidential candidates have backed a statement calling for the cancellation of the election and asked for people to take to the streets to protest allegations of fraud. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

haiti_1071

Ballot papers lie on the floor of a polling station after being destroyed by demonstrators allegedly accusing the government of fraud in Grande Riu Du Nord, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Twelve of the 19 candidates endorsed a joint statement denouncing Sunday's general elections as fraudulent and calling on their supporters to show their anger with demonstrations against the government and the country's Provisional Electoral Council. (AP Photo)

Afghanistan_Lea.jpg

U.S. Army and Afghan army soldiers attached to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, congratulate each other during a training program graduation in Panjwai district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)