Politics

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The White House is bathed in pink light in recognition of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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The White House is bathed in pink light in recognition of October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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A bust of Adolf Hitler is pictured in front of a portrait of Hitler during a preview for the exhebition 'Hitler and the Germans - nation and crime' in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. The exhibition runs from Oct. 15, 2010 until Feb. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

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Actor George Clooney speaks to reporters after meeting with President Barack Obama about his recent trip to Sudan at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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**FILE** Director Oliver Stone poses for the photographers during a photo-call for the movie "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" in Berlin on Oct. 12, 2010. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this April 15, 2009 file photo released by Stefan Cohen Photography, Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas rehearses with the YouTube Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Cohen Photography, Stefan Cohen)

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German Bundeswehr inspector general Volker Wieker, left, shakes hands with Israel's chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. Germany's military chief, Volker Wieker, visited Israel's national Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem, on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Pedro Cortez, center, is helped by rescue workers after being pulled out of the San Jose gold and copper mine where he had been trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Chilean Government, Hugo Infante)

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Jimmy Tingle, making Meryl Streep laugh at Harvard's May commencement, says it's hard to satirize an "underdog" president. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (second from right); Joseph Persichini Jr., assistant director in charge of the FBI's Washington field office (right); Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier; U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Taylor (second from left) and Detective Todd Williams attend a press conference on March 3, 2009, at which it was announced that an arrest warrant had been issued in the Levy case. (The Washington Times)

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New Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte wields the gavel after receiving it from his predecessor, Jan Peter Balkenende, in The Hague on Thursday. Mr. Rutte's minority government pledged budgetary austerity and a crackdown on immigration. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine addresses a rally at the University of Delaware on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, in Newark, Del. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

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Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell responds to Democratic rival Chris Coons in a nationally televised debate at the University of Delaware in Newark on Wednesday night. They are vying for the seat formerly held by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS UNDER SCRUTINY: Thomas E. Donilon worked as a registered lobbyist for Fannie Mae from 1999 to 2005.

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Wednesday that repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy would have "enormous consequences for our troops." (Associated Press)

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the crowds from the sunroof of his SUV, upon his arrival in Beirut on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci shake hands in Pristina, Kosovo, on Wednesday. Mrs. Clinton wrapped up a three-nation tour of the restive, ethnically splintered Balkans with a stop in Kosovo, the world's newest country. (Associated Press)

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Local people help load an injured person into the back of a van that serves as an ambulance in Mogadishu, where violence between militants and pro-government forces has raged for almost 20 years. The ambulances are poorly supplied, and neither drivers nor their assistants have medical training. (Associated Press)