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Pakistani police officers stand guard outside a mosque as authorities beefed up security in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, July 2, 2010, following suicide attacks on the shrine of Sufi Data Ganj Baksh in Lahore killing scores of people and left many injured. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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A Pakistani police officer stands guard at the shrine of popular sufi Data Ganj Baksh in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, July 2, 2010. Two suicide bombings that killed 42 Thursday night at the popular shrine stirred outrage in this terror-scarred nation Friday. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Supporters of Pakistani religious party remove poster of a feature film during a rally against the July 1 suicide attacks on Lahore's shrine of Sufi Data Ganj Baksh, in Gujranwala near Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, July 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Aftab Rizvi)
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Pakistani women mourn the death of their family members in Thursday night attack in Lahore, Pakistan in Lahore, Pakistan on Friday, July 2, 2010. Two suicide bombings that killed 42 at a popular Sufi shrine in Lahore stirred outrage in this terror-scarred nation Friday. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)
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President Obama is greeted by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., upon his arrival at Yeager Airport in Charleston, W.Va., Friday, July 2, 2010, to attend a memorial service for the late Sen. Robert Byrd. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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In this April 16, 2010, file photo Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Friday, July 2, Mr. Hatch said he will vote against the confirmation of President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS U.N. special representative in Afghanistan Staffan de Mistura invites questions during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 24, 2010. A delegation of 15 members from the U.N. Security Council visited Afghanistan to meet with high-ranking officials, including Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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** FILE ** Lyle Mann, executive director of the Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training Board, addresses the panel at an Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board hearing regarding the update on its preparation of materials to train officers to enforce the state's illegal immigration law on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Men read newspapers at a stall in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, July 1, 2010. A government-backed proposal to limit Pakistani broadcasters' terror coverage and criticism of the state is stirring outrage among journalists who fear it will stifle the country's feisty, flourishing media. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
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** FILE ** This Oct. 29, 2009 file photo shows White House pastry chef Bill Yosses as he poses in his kitchen during an interview with the Associated Press at the White House in Washington. Democrats and Republicans may follow their leaders in lockstep on the issues of the day, but when it comes to nuts -- specifically whether or not they belong in chocolate chip cookies -- it seems every politician is an island, Mr Yosses said. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)
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The late Sen. Robert Byrd, D-WV, lies in repose in the Senate chamber of the US Capitol in Washington on July 1, 2010. UPI/Stephen Crowley/POOL
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Protesters wearing masks raise placards with Chinese words that read " Democracy, Universal Suffrage" in the annual pro-democracy march demanding universal suffrage in a downtown Hong Kong street on Thursday, July 1, 2010. The pro-democracy camp's annual July 1 march is supposed to demonstrate unity on the anniversary of the former British colony's reversion to Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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Participants carry Chinese national flags during a parade through a downtown Hong Kong street to celebrate the 13th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China in Hong Kong, Thursday, July 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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Protesters show thumb down sign against the Democratic Party members who took part in the annual pro-democracy march demanding universal suffrage in a downtown Hong Kong street on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Hecklers besieged Hong Kong's Democrats at the opposition camp's flagship protest march Thursday, accusing them of selling out their cause by striking a deal with Beijing on conservative electoral changes in the semiautonomous Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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Protesters shout at the Democratic Party members behind police officers during a demonstration in Hong Kong on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Hecklers besieged Hong Kong's Democrats at the opposition camp's flagship protest march Thursday, accusing them of selling out their cause by striking a deal with Beijing on conservative electoral changes in the semiautonomous Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Democratic Party members march during a demonstration in Hong Kong on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Hecklers besieged Hong Kong's Democrats at the opposition camp's flagship protest march Thursday, accusing them of selling out their cause by striking a deal with Beijing on conservative electoral changes in the semiautonomous Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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A protester, right, tries to stop the Democratic Party members' march during a demonstration in Hong Kong on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Hecklers besieged Hong Kong's Democrats at the opposition camp's flagship protest march Thursday, accusing them of selling out their cause by striking a deal with Beijing on conservative electoral changes in the semiautonomous Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Pro-democracy protesters march during a demonstration in Hong Kong on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Hecklers besieged Hong Kong's Democrats at the opposition camp's flagship protest march Thursday, accusing them of selling out their cause by striking a deal with Beijing on conservative electoral changes in the semiautonomous Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Pro-democracy protesters march during a demonstration in Hong Kong on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Hecklers besieged Hong Kong's Democrats at the opposition camp's flagship protest march on Thursday, accusing them of selling out their cause by striking a deal with Beijing on conservative electoral changes in the semiautonomous Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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A pro-democracy protester waves a flag that reads "Unneeded king of the king (meaning Chinese government)" during a demonstration in Hong Kong on Thursday, July 1, 2010. Hecklers besieged Hong Kong's Democrats at the opposition camp's flagship protest march on Thursday, accusing them of selling out their cause by striking a deal with Beijing on conservative electoral changes in the semiautonomous Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
