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** FILE ** Gene Sperling, counselor to Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, arrives for the tax cut extension bill to be signed by President Obama during a ceremony at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington on Dec. 17, 2010. Mr. Obama was set to name Mr. Sperling director of the National Economic Council on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Richard Nyankori, in charge of special education in the District, says mainstreaming is a priority, vouchers also are possible. (Rod Lamkey Jr./Special to The Washington Times)
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Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., holds a copy of the U.S. Constitution during his mock swearing-in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Democrat, chided House Republicans on Thursday for dismissing the CBO's budget scoring. (Associated Press)
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President Obama applauds as William Daley, a former commerce secretary and his new White House chief of staff, delivers a statement in the East Room of the White House on Thursday. (Associated Press)
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen discuss the proposed defense budget, which calls for major personnel cuts, with reporters Thursday at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)
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Citizens unloaded voting material at Tali, in southern Sudan, earlier this week. Referendum voting begins Sunday to determine whether south Sudan should remain part of the country or to break away from the north. (Associated Press)
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Frances Street in Annapolis, Md., is blocked off as officials probe a suspicious package at a state office building Thursday. A similar package was sent to Hanover, Md. (Associated Press)
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, to discuss defense budget cuts. He also said he had recommended Gen. Martin Dempsey to be the next Army chief of staff. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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President Obama listens as William Daley, the new White House chief of staff, makes a statement in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Supervisory Archivist Michael Duggan gestures at the National Archives, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, during a press preview of rarely displayed original documents and artifacts in recognition of the Ronald Reagan Centennial. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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A page of President Reagan's "Evil Empire" speech with his hand-written edits are seen at the National Archive in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, as part of a press preview of rarely displayed original documents and artifacts in recognition of the Ronald Reagan Centennial. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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A detail of a bronze cast of the Moscow Kremlin, given to President Ronald Reagan by Mikhail Gorbachev following Reagan's visit to the Soviet Union in 1988, is seen at the National Archives, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, during a press preview of rarely displayed original documents and artifacts in recognition of the Ronald Reagan Centennial. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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"Project Truth Soviet Propaganda Alert" Summary page In order to monitor and counter Soviet disinformation activities, the United States International Communication Agency (USICA) created the Project Truth program. USICA, under the direction of Charles Wick, developed a satellite television broadcasting system and Radio Marti to broadcast information about U.S. policy to foreign countries. This Soviet Propaganda Alert was distributed to USICA posts around the world. Photo: National Archives, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
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The Soviet SS-20 was an intermediate-range ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead and was one of the classes of missiles subject to the INF Treaty. The Soviet Union began to demolish its nuclear stockpile at Kapustin Yar, a missile test site, in July 1988. This plaque showcases a fragment of the last Soviet SS-20 missile, which was destroyed on May 12, 1991. Photo: National Archives, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
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William Daley speaks in Tallahassee, Fla., on Nov. 10, 2000. President Obama is hiring Mr. Daley to be his chief of staff, it was revealed Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Foley, File)
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Backdropped by a billboard showing Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, right, and his son Abdul Qadir, vendors gather around a fire to warm themselves, in Multan, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2010. Pakistan's prime minister says his government will reverse unpopular fuel price hikes that helped spark the break-up of the governing coalition. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
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Incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (right), Virginia Republican, and incoming House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, look across the House floor during the first session of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011.
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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives take their oath of office during the first session of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **
