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Oakland Raiders running back Michael Bush, right, carries the ball as quarterback Jason Campbell, left, looks on during football training camp in Napa, Calif., Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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Rhinebeck residents Gary Kiernan, right, and Laurie Bathrick wear Bill and Hillary Clinton masks while walking in downtown Rhinebeck, Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Clark Ray, a Democratic candidate for an at-large seat on the D.C. Council, says that if elected, "We're going to focus on transparency of the budget and policy." (Photograph by Joel Lawson/Special to The Washington Times)
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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2009 file photo, Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden is shown during a State Arriva for India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Biden will play herself in an upcoming episode of Lifetime network's "Army Wives" when she visits the show's Fort Marshall to hear about the challenges facing military families and offer them words of encouragement. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, file)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS LOSING HEARTS AND MINDS: During a protest in Kabul on Sunday, hundreds of Afghans carry posters of civilians said to have been killed by U.S. and NATO forces.
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Associated Press Rep. Charles B. Rangel is facing 13 ethics charges, which could hurt other Democratic candidates because of party affiliation.
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Associated Press First lady Michelle Obama hugs Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada during an appearance in Reno. Though she says she's not a political animal, Democrats are hoping Mrs. Obama's kind words and popularity will help them win elections this fall.
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Mohammed ElBaradei, former U.N. nuclear chief and Egyptian diplomat (right), speaks during a press conference with Saad al-Katatni, the parliamentary leader of Egypt's largest opposition bloc, the Muslim Brotherhood, after a meeting in Cairo last month. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Barack Obama, left, and Washington Mystics part owner Sheila Johnson, center right, applaud as the WNBA game between the Washington Mystics and Tulsa Shock begins Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010, in Washington.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech in Grenoble, France, on Friday, July 30, 2010. Mr. Sarkozy said in the address that he wants to revoke the French citizenship of immigrants who endanger the lives of police officers. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (right) meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Cairo on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. (AP Photo)
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Afghan women chant slogans against NATO and U.S. forces during a demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010, in condemnation of the alleged killing of Afghan civilians by NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Kashmiris shout pro-freedom slogans as relatives and friends carry the body of Afroza Wani on a stretcher outside a hospital in Srinagar, India, on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010. Four people were killed Sunday by security forces who opened fire on thousands of protesters at two separate places in increasingly violent Indian Kashmir, bringing the death toll from weeks of clashes to 27. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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Former President Bill Clinton walks his daughter, Chelsea, down the aisle at her wedding to Marc Mezvinsky on Saturday, July 31, 2010, in Rhinebeck, N.Y. (AP Photo/Genevieve de Manio Photography, Genevieve de Manio)
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The mothers of three American hikers jailed in Iran -- (from left) Laura Fattal, Cindy Hickey and Nora Shourd -- participate in a demonstration outside Iran's mission to the United Nations in New York on Friday, July 30, 2010. Saturday marked a year since the hikers were arrested along the Iraqi border. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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In this July 30, 2010 photo, a man pushes his bike across a pedestrian's overpass while cars heading in town jam on the road during morning commuting in Beijing, China. China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second largest-economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed.
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** FILE ** Marc Mezvinsky (from left); his new mother-in-law, Hillary Rodham Clinton; his bride, Chelsea Clinton; and his new father-in-law, former President Bill Clinton, are pictured after the couple's wedding on Saturday, July 31, 2010, in Rhinebeck, N.Y. (AP Photo/Genevieve de Manio Photography, Barbara Kinney)
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In this photo provided by Genevieve de Manio Photography, Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky are seen during their wedding, Saturday, July 31, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y. Chelsea Clinton wed her longtime boyfriend under extraordinary security at an elegant Hudson River estate late Saturday. (AP Photo/Genevieve de Manio )
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen hold a press briefing, Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
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Designer Vera Wang stands outside a restaurant in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on Saturday, July 31, 2010. Chelsea Clinton and fiance Marc Mezvinsky are expected to be married in Rhinebeck today. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
