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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., left, and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, listen as US Marines Gen. James F. Amos, back to camera, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, before the committee's hearing on Amos' reappointment to the grade of general and the be Commandant of the Marine Corps. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Recording artist Lady Gaga speaks at a rally in support of repealing the so-called "don't ask, don't tell" law, in Portland, Maine, on Monday, September 20, 2010. The current law bars gays and lesbians from openly serving in the military, and a spokesperson said that Lady Gaga wants Maine's Republican senators to cast votes this week to help repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
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Members of the crowd react to recording artist Lady Gaga as she speaks at a rally in support of repealing the so-called "don't ask, don't tell" law, in Portland, Maine, on Monday, September 20, 2010. The current law bars gays and lesbians from openly serving in the military, and a spokesperson said that Lady Gaga wants Maine's Republican senators to cast votes this week to help repeal the military's "don't ask., don't tell" policy on gays in the military. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood mimics cell phone use as he talks about distracted driving duirng a press conference at the Department of Transportation in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, announcing the lowest traffic fatalities in six decades. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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**FILE** Stevie Wonder addresses the Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization at the International Conference Centre Geneva in Geneva on Sept. 20, 2010. (Associated Press)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (third from right) chairs the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photos/Jim Hollander, Pool)
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Local residents watch a damaged vehicle, which was plunged into a river in Gari Dupata, near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-held Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. The vehicle carrying at least 30 schoolchildren plunged into a river in Pakistan-held Kashmir, and most of the passengers were confirmed or feared dead. (AP Photo/Aftab Ahmed)
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Somali President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, second left, sits with Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, right, during a press conference in Mogadishu's presidential palace, Somalia, on Tuesday, Sept. 21,2010. The prime minister resigned Tuesday to prevent what he called political turmoil amid an impasse with the country's president.(AP Photo/ Mohamed Sheikh Nor)
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** FILE ** In this file photo taken during Kim Jong Il's recent visit to China and released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo May 9, 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il smiles during a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao in China. North Korea will hold its biggest political meeting in 30 years next week, state media reported Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, as observers watched for signs that the secretive regime's aging leader has chosen his son to succeed him. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service)
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Lt. Col. Mark Elfendahl (left) briefs members of U.S. Army Forces Command to provide information on the new "Army Operating Concept" developed by U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. (U.S. Army)
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Associated Press CREW SOCKS: Christine O'Donnell, Delaware GOP nominee for Senate, is under fire by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
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Karl Rove served as a senior adviser to President George W. Bush from 2000 to 2007 and White House deputy chief of staff from 2004 to 2007. (Associated Press)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy addresses a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters on Monday. "The financial crisis is severe in the rich countries, it creates deficits," he said, "but its consequences are far worse for the poor countries." (Associated Press)
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Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell speaks at a Sussex County Republican Committee picnic on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, in Lincoln, Del. (AP Photo)
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President Obama discusses jobs and the economy during a town hall-style gathering hosted by CNBC, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, at the Newseum in Washington. The White House press pool, reporters who accompany the president, were not allowed in the event and watched Mr. Obama on a video screen from a holding room. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Election workers count votes at the regional counting center in Khost, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. Afghan election observers urged President Hamid Karzai's government on Monday to allow an independent investigation into reports of widespread fraud during weekend's parliamentary elections, including intimidation of voters and interference by powerful warlords. (AP Photo/Nishanuddin Khan)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy addresses a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Joseph Deiss, president of the U.N. General Assembly, compare time at the summit on the Millennium Development Goals at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Government employees line up to enter a state-run bus after work in Old Havana, Cuba, Monday Sept. 13, 2010. Raul Castro's government announced it will cast off at least half a million state employees by mid-2011 and reduce restrictions on private enterprise to help them find new jobs. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)
