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People wait for a bus to depart the Delamater Inn to go to Chelsea Clinton's and Marc Mezvinsky's wedding in Rhinebeck, N.Y., on Saturday, July 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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** FILE ** Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat, is pictured on Capitol Hill in Washington in October 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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Arizona Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, right, smiles as Max Wilson, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors representing District 4, pats the governor on the back at a news conference in Glendale, Ariz., Friday, July 30, 2010. Brewer and Arizona Sen. John McCain held the news conference in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale to applaud a U.S. Air Force decision to base new F-35 combat jets at Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, but the event abruptly ended when the barrage of questions were regarding the Arizona immigration law and the next steps the governor was taking in the court battle. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., puts on his jacket as he leaves his office to go for a vote on the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Children wave at members of the media from a bus decorated with a sign congratulating Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky on Friday, July 30, 2010 in Rhinebeck, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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In this July 26, 2010, file photo, An Army carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Spc. Joseph A. Bauer at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Bauer, of Cincinnati, died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. NATO announced Friday, July 30, 2010, that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Mr. Karzai says the release of secret documents have endangered the lives of Afghan citizens who have cooperated with the international forces. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Richard Holbrooke, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, July 28, 2010, before the House State and Foreign Operations subcommittee hearing on the oversight of U.S. civilian assistance for Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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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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President Barack Obama and Transportaion Secretary Ray LaHood walk on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 30, 2010, prior to boarding his helicopter for a short flight to Andrews Air Force Base, then on to Michigan where he will tour General Motors and Chrysler factories recovering from the financial crisis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama salutes prior to boarding Air Force One, before his departure from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, July, 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, July, 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Members of the military hold on to their hats as Air Force One taxis to take-off from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, July 30, 2010, for a trip to Michigan. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Detroit Mayor Dave Bing greets President Barack Obama upon his arrival at Detroit Wayne County Airport in Detroit, Friday, July 30, 2010. At right is Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick, D-Mich. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich, talks on a cell phone as walks towards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, July 30, 2010, prior to boarding ahead of President Barack Obama, for a flight to Michigan. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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President Barack Obama addresses employees at the Chrysler's Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit, Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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President Barack Obama addresses employees at the Chrysler's Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit, Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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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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A Pakistani woman sits at the bank of swollen Nelum river flooded by monsoon rains in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 400 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.(AP Photo/Aftab Ahmed

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Pakistani villagers try to grab trees floating in the flooded Nelum river in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached more than 400 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.(AP Photo/Aftab Ahmed