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U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos, center, leaves the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park after the 65th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing in Hiroshima, western Japan, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. The United States sent its first ever delegation to the ceremony marking the anniversary of the attacks. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
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U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos, looking upward, takes part in the 65th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. The United States sent its first ever delegation to the ceremony marking the anniversary of the attacks. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Shigeyuki Inakuma)
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Tsuyuko Nakao, 92, prays for the victims of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack in front of the cenotaph at the Peace Memorial Park at Hiroshima, western Japan, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. Hiroshima marked the 65th anniversary of the the world's first atomic bomb attack that devastated the western Japanese city at the closing days of World War II. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left front, and his wife Yoo Soon-taek pray at the cenotaph for Korean atomic bomb victims at the Peace Memorial Park at Hiroshima, western Japan, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. Hiroshima marked the 65th anniversary of the the world's first atomic bomb attack that devastated the western Japanese city at the closing days of World War II. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
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With the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome as a backdrop, doves fly over the cenotaph of the Peace Memorial Park at Hiroshima, western Japan, Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. Hiroshima marked the 65th anniversary of the the world's first atomic bomb attack that devastated the western Japanese city at the closing days of World War II. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
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In this photo provided by the City of Hiroshima, U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos, left, greets Hiroshima city's Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba on his arrival at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to attend the 65th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing in Hiroshima, western Japan Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. The United States sent its first ever delegation to the ceremony marking the anniversary of the attacks. (AP Photo/City of Hiroshima)
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Adnan G. Shukrijumah. is seen in these artists renderings by the FBI and made available to the Associated Press Aug. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/FBI,HO)
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Adnan Shukrijumah, 35, is shown in these undated images provided by the FBI. The suspected al Qaeda operative who lived for more than 15 years in the U.S. has become chief of the terror network's global operations, the FBI says, marking the first time a leader so intimately familiar with American society has been placed in charge of planning attacks. (AP Photo/FBI)
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In this Feb. 11, 2010, file photo, Council of Economic Advisers Chairwoman Christina Romer briefs reporters at the White House in Washington. The White House said on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, that Mrs. Romer is resigning her position to return to academia. Her resignation will take effect Sept. 3. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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Rainy weather didn't deter a group of about 15 Iranian activists, shown in front of the White House in Lafayette Park on Thursday, August 5, 2010, from protesting the regime's execution and torture of political prisoners.
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Shirin Nariman, a former Iranian political prisoner, speaks out on Thursday, August 5, 2010, against the Iranian regime's executions and methods of torture to a group of about 15 Iranian activists while some stand behind her, holding posters of political prisoners sentenced to death.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS A letter signed by Ali Asghar Soltanieh says that "irrational conditions" imposed by the West are blocking a new round of the fuel-swap talks.
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Associated Press Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, at a Thursday news conference discusses legislation he introduced to provide funding for 1,000 new Border Patrol agents.
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Under pouring rain, people march in support of Haiti's presidential candidate and hip hop singer Wyclef Jean in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Haitian President Rene Preval met with presidential hopeful Wyclef Jean for more than two hours on Thursday, touching off a new round of speculation as to whether the singer will be allowed to run in Nov. 28 elections. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Associated Press Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont joins fellow Senate Democrats (from left) Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Charles E. Schumer of New York, and Dianne Feinstein of California after Elena Kagan's confirmation vote.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, talks with Sen. John Cornyn, D-Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, as they walk to McConnell's office, following the weekly caucus luncheons. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
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Haiti's presidential candidate and hip hop singer Wyclef Jean, left, talks to a local journalist in Croix de Bouquets, Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Haitian President Rene Preval met with presidential hopeful Wyclef Jean for more than two hours on Thursday, touching off a new round of speculation as to whether the singer will be allowed to run in Nov. 28 elections. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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In this June 30, 2010 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination. On Thursday, Aug. 5, the Senate confirmed Kagan as the 112th justice. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Kyrgyz government forces stop a bus with supporters of former presidential hopeful Urmat Baryktabasov who gathered on a highway some 9 miles east of the capital, Bishkek, on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, to demand the resignation of the government. The government forces used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of protesters, raising fears of new instability in the turbulent Central Asian nation. (AP Photo)
