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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives at the RTE television studios in Dublin, Ireland, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Blair was in the Irish capital for a book signing of his new autobiography. Blair's long-awaited memoir hit bookstores Wednesday, and the revealing, self-justifying 700-page volume provides plenty of fodder for the former British leader's supporters _ and detractors. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, shown waiting for a televised Arizona gubernatorial debate to begin Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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In this file photo made from a video which aired Friday, Jan. 7, 2005, by Israeli television station Channel 10, shows Israel's top secret nuclear facility in the southern Israeli town of Dimona, according to the broadcaster. Diplomats say Arab nations are urging Washington and other powers to end their support of Israel's nuclear secrecy and to push the Jewish state to allow international inspections of its program. (AP Photo/Channel 10, File)
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Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, left, grips the arm of a bodyguard as he arrives to deliver a speech to students outside University in Havana Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Mr. Castro dusted off his military fatigues for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a Communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)
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President Obama reports on the economy from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington as the latest unemployment figures are released on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, right, shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates during a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)
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In this June 9, 2009, file photo, Iranian opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi attends a press conference in Tehran. Pro-government militiamen attacked Mr. Karroubi's home with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending the annual state-sponsored rally known as Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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Escorted by his bodyguards, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, is greeted by his well wishers, as he attends the annual state-sponsored rally known as Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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House Republican leader John Boehner, speaking at the American Legion convention Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, in Milwaukee, is not taking Republican popularity in the polls for granted. A spokesman for the Ohio lawmaker said the path to a majority in the House is a "steep climb." (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Phoenix on Thursday hands back to one of his deputies an Associated Press news report stating that the Justice Department is suing Sheriff Arpaio, contending the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office discriminates against Hispanics.
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Associated Press Rep. Michael N. Castle, Delaware Republican, is taking his GOP rival for the nomination for Senate more seriously after a Republican senator was denied renomination by an insurgent in Alaska.
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** FILE ** Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Virginia Democrat, conducts a town-hall event in Springfield, Va., in September 2010. (AP Photo, File)
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Associated Press photographs Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, a Kashmir separatist leader, addresses protesters in Srinagar, India, on Wednesday. Dozens of people have died in anti-India demonstrations and clashes between security forces and Muslim protesters in Kashmir since June.
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** FILE ** Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hosts the relaunch of peace talks at the State Department in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on as Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as she hosts the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sits with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as she hosts the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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In this image released by the White House, President Obama, second left, holds a working dinner with, clockwise from left, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Quartet Representative Tony Blair, Special Envoy for Mideast peace George Mitchell, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)
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Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, left, shakes hands with Republican Carly Fiorina before a debate at St. Mary's College in Moraga, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, Pool)
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, is greeted by top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus as he arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)
