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An Iraqi police officer uses a bomb detector at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 2, 2010. Two bombings and a drive-by shooting killed eight people Monday, a reminder of Iraq's ongoing instability on a day when President Obama planned to outline progress toward the impending end of U.S. military operations in the country.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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In this photo taken Thursday July 22, 2010, Iraqi men play soccer in central Baghdad, Iraq. As the country is again coming dangerously close to being suspended for the third time from international football, the battle over control of the most popular sport reflects the fault lines of the power struggle over who should lead a new government and even taps into Arab-Kurdish tensions over disputed territory in the north. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)
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Retired Israeli Gen. Giora Eiland speaks to reporters at Israel's Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, July 12, 2010. Gen. Eiland headed an internal military investigation committee that concluded Monday that flawed intelligence gathering and planning led to the deadly botched raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla on May 31. On Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, the Israeli government announced it will work with a United Nations investigation into the incident. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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Robert Einhorn (right), the State Department's special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control, and Daniel Glaser, the Treasury Department's deputy assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, appear at a press conference in Seoul on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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In this Dec. 23, 2009, file photo, snow is mirrored in the eyes of a cheetah in the outdoor enclosure of the zoo Hagenbeck in Hamburg. The Indian government plans to import cheetahs from Africa and introduce them into the country's grasslands, six decades after the fleet-footed feline was hunted here until it disappeared, officials said Monday Aug. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Axel Heimken, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2010 file photo, a BlackBerry smart phone is displayed at the Mobile World congress in Barcelona, Spain. The UAE said Sunday, Aug. 1, 2010 it will block key features on BlackBerry smart phones, citing national security concerns because the devices operate beyond the government's ability to monitor their use. Neighboring Saudi Arabia quickly indicated it planned to follow suit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
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Cleveland Browns cornerback Joe Haden waits his turn during special teams practice at the NFL football team's training camp Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, in Berea, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
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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)
