Politics

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African Union peacekeepers in Somalia patrol in a tank as they assists government forces during clashes with Islamist insurgents in southern Mogadishu, Somalia, on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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Somalis carry a wounded boy after he was injured by a mortar shell Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, after Islamist militants and government forces backed by African Union peacekeepers clashed in Mogadishu, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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Somalis carry a wounded boy after he was wounded by a mortar shell, after Islamist militants and government forces backed by African Union peacekeepers clashed in Mogadishu, officials said Monday, Aug.16, 2010. (AP Photo / Mohamed Sheikh Nor)

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Medical personal in Mogadishu's Madina hospital treat a woman wounded by a mortar shell during clashes between Islamist militants and government forces backed by African Union peacekeepers clashed in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Aug.16, 2010. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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This undated image made available by Amnesty International in London, Thursday, July 8, 2010, shows Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a mother of two who is facing the punishment of stoning to death in Iran, on charges of adultery. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, ho)

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A Kashmiri Muslim protestor holds a stone in his hand as he shouts slogans during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Thousands of armed police and paramilitary soldiers patrolled nearly deserted streets in Srinagar and other major towns and enforced a strict curfew in most of the Kashmir region Monday. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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A masked Kashmiri Muslim protester looks on during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Thousands of armed police and paramilitary soldiers patrolled nearly deserted streets in Srinagar and other major towns and enforced a strict curfew in most of the Kashmir region Monday. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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An India Rapid Action Force soldier and Kashmiri protesters throw stones at each other during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Thousands of armed police and paramilitary soldiers patrolled nearly deserted streets in Srinagar and other major towns and enforced a strict curfew in most of the Kashmir region Monday. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Kashmiri Muslim protesters throw stones at India's Rapid Action Force soldiers during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Thousands of armed police and paramilitary soldiers patrolled nearly deserted streets in Srinagar and other major towns and enforced a strict curfew in most of the Kashmir region Monday. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Indian security personnel beat Kashmiri Muslim protesters while detaining them during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Thousands of armed police and paramilitary soldiers patrolled nearly deserted streets in Srinagar and other major towns and enforced a strict curfew in most of the Kashmir region Monday. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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Indian security personnel beat detained Kashmiri Muslim protesters in Srinagar, India, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Thousands of armed police and paramilitary soldiers patrolled nearly deserted streets in Srinagar and other major towns and enforced a strict curfew in most of the Kashmir region Monday. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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A Kashmiri boy who bleeds after being beaten by Indian security forces is taken away during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Thousands of armed police and paramilitary soldiers patrolled nearly deserted streets in Srinagar and other major towns and enforced a strict curfew in most of the Kashmir region Monday. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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A Kashmiri boy who bleeds after being beaten by Indian security forces is taken away during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Thousands of armed police and paramilitary soldiers patrolled nearly deserted streets in Srinagar and other major towns and enforced a strict curfew in most of the Kashmir region Monday. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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** FILE ** James J. Kilpatrick, the then-editor of the Richmond News Leader, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in 1965. Mr. Kilpatrick's wife says the widely syndicated political columnist has died at age 89. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin, File)

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President Obama waves from the top of the steps of Air Force One at Maryland's Andrews Air Force Base on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, before departing for Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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In this June 22. 2010, file photo, Defense Secretary Robert Gates looks on as President Obama speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Mr. Gates says he plans to leave his job next year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Pakistani villagers chase relief supplies dropped by an army helicopter at a flooded area of Jampur, in central Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Pakistan's worst floods in recorded history began more than two weeks ago in the mountainous northwest and have spread throughout the country. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)

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Pakistani villagers approach to pick up food packets dropped by an army helicopter at a flooded area of Jampur, in central Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Pakistan's worst floods in recorded history began more than two weeks ago in the mountainous northwest and have spread throughout the country. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)

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D.C. Council member Jim Graham, Ward 1 Democrat, is an advocate for the "ban the box" movement. (The Washington Times)

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In September 2009, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade gave a $200,000 farewell gift to an International Monetary Fund representative, "in recognition to his contribution to Senegal." (Associated Press)