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Former Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, right, watches as Councilmember Jim Graham reacts to the crowd after finishing his speech following his swearing in at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C. (Rod Lamkey Jr / for The Washington Times)
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Washington D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh delivers her speech after being sworn-in at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Rep. Fred Upton, Michigan Republican and chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Tim Kaine served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee in 2009-11. (Associated Press)
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"I'm the most qualified candidate for the job of mayor of Chicago — make no mistake about it," says Carol Moseley Braun, the first black woman to become a U.S. senator. (Associated Press)
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President Obama got an assist from then-Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania in Febraury 2009 when he provided a key vote for the economic stimulus package. As Mr. Specter leaves the Senate after 30 years, he says he wouldn't change a thing about his political path, which included switching political parties. (Associated Press)
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Counterfeit products swarming the market pose health and economic risks, authorities say, and could be financing terrorist organizations. "This isn't a victimless crime," said Robert Barchiesi, president of the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition. (Associated Press)
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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray waits Sunday to take the oath of office at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in D.C. Mr. Gray, a native of D.C., is the city's sixth elected mayor, succeeding Adrian M. Fenty. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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The DGSE in Paris, the French answer to the CIA, is recruiting, getting more funding and opening its cloak as part of President Nicolas Sarkozy's efforts to keep France a step ahead of its 21st-century enemies and threats like terrorism and nuclear proliferation. (Associated Press)
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U.N. troops walk inside their compound in Abidjan, Ivory Cost, on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. The United Nations has warned supporters of incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo that an attack on the hotel where the internationally recognized winner of last month's election is based could reignite civil war. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from right) convenes the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Ronen Zvulun, Pool)
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** FILE ** In this Dec. 17, 2010, file photo, House Speaker-designate John Boehner, Ohio Republican, talks with media on Capitol Hill in Washington. Two early showdowns on spending and debt will signal whether the 112th Congress can find common ground despite its partisan divisions, or whether it's destined for gridlock and brinkmanship that could threaten the nation's economic health. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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U.N. troops walk inside the U.N. Headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Cost, on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. The United Nations is warning supporters of incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo that an attack on the hotel where the internationally recognized winner of last month's election is based could reignite civil war. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint in Sadukheil village near Landi Kotel, in Pakistan's Khyber Tribal region along Afghan border on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. Three American missile attacks killed 54 alleged militants on Friday in the Khyber tribal region close to the Afghan border, an unusually high number of victims that included commanders of a Taliban-allied group that were holding a meeting, Pakistani officials said. (AP Photo/Amir Zada)
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Men look at a tanker carrying supplies for NATO which was destroyed in an apparent bomb attack, en route to neighboring Afghanistan, at the Pakistani border town of Chaman Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Shah Khalid)
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko greets officials of the election commission as he prepares to vote in presidential elections, at a polling station in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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In November, Rep.-elect Tim Scott (left) of South Carolina leads the exit after a Republican news conference about new party faces in the House. House Speaker-in-waiting John A. Boehner (front right) of Ohio also was on hand for the Capitol Hill event. (Associated Press)
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Massachusetts Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown with wife Gail celebrates in January after his upset victory in the special election to replace deceased Democratic Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. (Associated Press)
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Massachusetts State Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, celebrates in Boston with wife Gail, center, and daughter Ayla, right, after winning a special election held to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, despite hands-on leadership in Afghanistan, lost his job in June after unflattering remarks about administration officials appeared in Rolling Stone magazine. (Associated Press)
