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Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri answers the questions of the reporters after arriving at Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran, Iran on July 15, 2010. He is holding his 7-year-old son Amir Hossein. Mr. Amiri claimed he was abducted by American agents last year while the U.S. says he was a willing defector who changed his mind. (UPI/Maryam Rahmanian)
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Recruited Afghan soldiers march for an oath-taking ceremony with a Turkish military officer, front center, at the Ghazi Military Training Center, where they are being trained by Turkish military officers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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A U.S. helicopter lands near recruited Afghan soldiers during an oath taking ceremony at the Ghazi Military Training Center, where they are being trained by Turkish military officers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, salutes during an oath-taking ceremony of recruited Afghan soldiers at the Ghazi Military Training Center, where the newcomers are being trained by Turkish military officers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Recruited Afghan soldiers march after taking an oath during a ceremony at the Ghazi Military Training Center, where they are being trained by Turkish military officers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Recruited Afghan soldiers march through a colored fog bomb after taking an oath during a ceremony at the Ghazi Military Training Center, where they are being trained by Turkish military officers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Recruited Afghan soldiers place their hands on a copy of the Quran, Islam's holy book, during an oath taking ceremony at the Ghazi Military Training Center, where they are being trained by Turkish military officers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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A supporter of a congressional proposal to legalize same-sex marriage shouts to demonstrators who oppose the bill in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Early on Thursday, Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalize gay marriage. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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THE WASHINGTON TIMES D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has been absent without explanation from at least three recent public forums. Voters who are starting to notice are considering supporting his challenger.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Percy Abrams, executive director of the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team board of directors, shows his Iroquois Confederacy passport Wednesday in New York. The British government refused to let the lacrosse team travel to Britain using Iroquois Confederacy passports.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks at a June meeting with tribal leaders in Kandahar city. Mr. Karzai and his national security team have endorsed a U.S.-supported plan to set up local police forces across the country overseen from Kabul. (Associated Press)
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is trying to limit reporters' access to Pentagon officials, both military and civilian. (Associated Press)
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In this June 1, 2009, file photo, former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the National Press Club in Washington. Cheney says he underwent heart surgery last week and is recuperating. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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"If we had embedded a covert agent into al Qaeda close to [Osama] bin Laden, 9/11 might never have happened," says former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge. (The Washington Times)
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Philippines workers try to arrange a tarpaulin Wednesday from a billboard that collapsed on top of a house south of Manila due to strong winds from Typhoon Conson. (Associated Press)
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Demonstrators against the African Union peacekeeping force shout slogans during a protest this month in Mogadishu, Somalia, that was organized by al-Shabaab. The militant group battles African Union and government forces in the streets of the capital daily, in an effort to topple Somalia's weak, U.N.-backed administration. (Associated Press)
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Xu Xiaoqi (second from left) protests Wednesday outside a government office building in Beijing in support of victims of forced evictions. (Courtesy of Xu Xiaoqi)
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In this image taken from TV purports to show Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri speaking during an interview in the Iranian interests section of the Pakistan Embassy in Washington D.C. Mr. Amiri, who disappeared a year ago, was on his way home to Tehran on Wednesday July 14, 2010, from the United States, ending a bizarre intelligence drama that could snarl U.S. efforts to gather information on Iran's nuclear program.(AP Photo/ ATN1 DK via APTN)
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A nationalist attacks police in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Northern Ireland leaders condemned Irish nationalist rioters Tuesday who wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province's annual parades by the British Protestant majority. (AP Photo/Liam Mc Burney)
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Irish nationalist rioters attack Police Service of Northern Ireland officers with water cannon in North Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, July, 13, 2010. Northern Ireland leaders condemned Irish nationalist rioters Tuesday who wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province's annual parades by the British Protestant majority. (AP Photo/Liam Mc Burney)
