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Bloodstained debris litters the street after a bomb blast in Mahabad, Iran, in this image taken from TV on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. The bomb exploded at a military parade, killing spectators in an attack that one official blamed on Kurdish separatists who have fought Iranian forces in the area for decades. (AP Photo/Al Alam, via APTN)
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**FILE** In this photo from May 6, 2009, President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Biden (left) and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, makes a statement in the Grand Foyer of the White House after meetings with Mr. Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (left) greets Jean Asselborn (right), Luxembourg's foreign minister, as Riyad Mansour, Palestinian observer to the United Nations, looks on during a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/David Karp)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Sen. John McCain (center) leads a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday prior to the Senate vote on the defense authorization bill. From left: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. Lamar Alexander, Sen. John Cornyn, Sen. John Thune and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl.
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Sen. Mark Pryor and Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Arkansas Democrats, joined with Republicans in the filibuster, which led Sen. John McCain, the ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee, to declare the filibuster effort bipartisan.
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The ticket counter is in ruins at the Howard Theatre. The D.C. Council has approved legislation that virtually ensures the restoration of the Howard, the historic entertainment venue that has been closed since the early 1980s. (The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Sen. John McCain (center) leads a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday prior to the Senate vote on the defense authorization bill. From left: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. Lamar Alexander, Sen. John Cornyn, Sen. John Thune and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl.
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Sen. Mark Pryor and Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Arkansas Democrats, joined with Republicans in the filibuster, which led Sen. John McCain, the ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee, to declare the filibuster effort bipartisan.
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Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, the chamber’s Republican whip, said he sent a classified letter in June to the House and Senate intelligence committees asking them to investigate the incident and report back to members. (Associated Press)
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Tea Party Patriots national coordinators Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett takes part in early voting in Milwaukee on Sept. 9. Candidates of all political stripes are latching on to the tantalizing reality that a huge, and growing, chunk of voters casts ballots well ahead of Election Day. They know it's big; they know it requires different campaign strategies; they just don't agree on how to do it.
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Illustration: Rail pork by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times
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**FILE** Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. (The Washington Times) ** FILE **
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Foreign workers and their children gather Aug. 1 in Tel Aviv following the Israeli government's decision to deport illegal migrants and their families. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, voted against advancing the bill that would have repealed "don't ask, don't tell" because Democrats would not agree to extend debate so that her GOP colleagues could weigh in on other issues. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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U.S. President Barack Obama greets brother Bob Etchberger as Richard's sons Steven Wilson and Cory and Richard Etchberger look on after Obama awarded Chief Master Sergeant Richard L. Etchberger, U.S. Air Force, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in the East Room of the White House in Washington on September 21, 2010. Etchberger was killed in Laos in 1968 helping to save wounded men. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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In this 1968 black-and-white US Air Force photo, via the Reading Eagle, Sgt. Richard L. Etchberger, a native of Hamburg, Pa., is shown during the Vietnam war. President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to Etchberger, an airman killed during combat in Laos in 1968. (AP Photo/USAF, Reading Eagle)
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First Lady Michelle Obama and U.S. President Barack Obama arrive to award Chief Master Sergeant Richard L. Etchberger, U.S. Air Force, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in the East Room of the White House in Washington on September 21, 2010. Etchberger was killed in Laos in 1968 helping to save wounded men. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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U.S. President Barack Obama joins sons Cory Etchberger (L) and Richard Etchberger during a ceremony to award Chief Master Sergeant Richard L. Etchberger, U.S. Air Force, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in the East Room of the White House in Washington on September 21, 2010. Etchberger was killed in Laos in 1968 helping to save wounded men. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, before presenting the Medal of Honor posthumously to Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. Etchberger, Corey Etchberger during a ceremony. Etchberger received the honor for his heroic actions in combat in Laos on March 11, 1968, after deliberately exposing himself to enemy fire in order to put his wounded comrades in rescue slings permitting them to be airlifted to safety.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
