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** FILE ** Israeli soldiers in southern Israel near the Israel-Gaza border examine a crater created by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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** FILE ** Israeli soldiers in southern Israel near the Israel-Gaza border examine a crater created by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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President Obama signs the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, during a ceremony at the Interior Department in Washington. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (center), California Democrat, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (right), Nevada Democrat, look on. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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** FILE ** In this Nov. 11, 2010, photo, dock clerk Charles Salvi labels boxes as they arrive at an Amazon.com fulfillment center in Phoenix. The economy grew at a moderate pace last summer, reflecting stronger spending by businesses to replenish stockpiles. More recent barometers suggest the economy is gaining momentum in the final months of the year. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (right), California Democrat, applauds as former service members Sgt. First Class Stacy Vasquez (left), current service member Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach and former service member Maj. Mike Almy hold the signed bill to repeal "don't ask, don't tell" during an enrollment ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Sen. Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican, says ratification of the New START arms pact with Russia should wait till next year. (Associated Press)
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PRO-START: Sens. John Kerry (left), Massachusetts Democrat and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Richard G. Lugar, Indiana Republican and the panel's ranking member, favor ratification. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, after signing the $858 billion tax deal into law in a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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FILE - In this file photo made March 12, 2010, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is interviewed at his office in Washington. New rules aimed at prohibiting broadband providers from becoming gatekeepers of Internet traffic now have just enough votes to pass the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki waits to submit his new government for approval to the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad on Tuesday. Iraqi lawmakers unanimously approved the new government. (Associated Press)
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Passengers line up for Eurostar trains as a train leaves at St. Pancras Station in London. Major delays and cancellations persisted at European airports, including London's Heathrow, and on the Eurostar train link, leaving thousands stranded as Christmas approached. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this file photo made March 12, 2010, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is interviewed at his office in Washington. New rules aimed at prohibiting broadband providers from becoming gatekeepers of Internet traffic now have just enough votes to pass the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)
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** FILE ** U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves announces results of the 2010 census at the National Press Club in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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The new Iraqi government is pictured at a swearing-in ceremony in Baghdad on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. Iraqi lawmakers unanimously approved the new government, which will be headed by incumbent Shi'ite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (bottom right). The installation of the officials ends nine months of political deadlock that threatened to stall economic development and suck the country back into sectarian violence. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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Presidential press secretary Robert Gibbs gestures during the daily briefing at the White House on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Adm. Mike Mullen of the U.S., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a press conference with U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry, not in photo, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Associated Press Roderick Ireland, newly sworn in on Monday as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, reacts after the ceremony in Boston. He is the state's first black chief justice.
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**FILE** Anaheim Ducks right wing George Parros (16) and New York Islanders left wing Matt Martin fight during the second period of the Islanders' 3-2 win in Uniondale, N.Y., on Dec. 16, 2010. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2010 file photo, Tracy Morgan attends Comedy Central's 'Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert For Autism Education' at the Beacon Theatre in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)
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Associated Press South Korean marines patrol on Yeonpyeong Island on Tuesday. North Korea backed off threats to retaliate against South Korea for Seoul's military drills near the border Monday and reportedly offered concessions on its nuclear program.
