Politics

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In this July 17, 2009, file photo, Rep. Charles Rangel, New York Democrat, speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. A House investigative committee announced Thursday, July 22, 2010, that it has charged Mr. Rangel, the former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, with multiple ethics violations. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Deborah Hersman presides at a meeting on the investigation findings and safety issues of the June 22, 2009 collision of two Washington Metrorail trains, Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at the NTSB in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator Ruben Payan answers questions at a meeting on the investigation findings and safety issues of the June 22, 2009 collision of two Washington Metrorail trains, Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at the NTSB in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) member Robert L. Sumwalt asks questions at a meeting on the investigation findings and safety issues of the June 22, 2009 collision of two Washington Metrorail trains, Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at the NTSB in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) holds a meeting on the investigation findings and safety issues of the June 22, 2009 collision of two Washington Metrorail trains which killed nine and injured 52 people, Tuesday, July 27, 210, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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**FILE** In this photo from June 19, 2009, President Obama delivers remarks at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference in Washington. Mr. Obama's once solid support among Hispanics is showing a few cracks, a troubling sign for Democrats desperate to get this critical constituency excited about helping the party hold onto Congress this fall. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Bell, Calif., Mayor Oscar Hernandez listens to public comments during a City Council meeting addressing city leaders' pay on July 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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A North Korean soldier takes pictures of the southern side of the cross-border village of Panmunjom on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Both Koreas and the United States on Tuesday marked the 57th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice against the backdrop of U.S.-South Korean military drills. (AP Photo/Kim Jae-hwan, Pool)

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Maryland Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert Ehrlich, left, and former Maryland Secretary of State Mary Kane, right, laugh while speaking with the media after announcing Mrs. Kane as Mr. Ehrlich's pick for his running mate, Thursday, July 1, 2010, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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South Korean and U.S. warships participate in joint military drills in the East Sea/Sea of Japan off the Korean peninsula on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. The ships fired artillery and dropped anti-submarine bombs off South Korea's east coast Tuesday, the third day of high-profile military maneuvers intended to warn North Korea against any aggression. (AP Photo/Korean Navy via Yonhap)

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'SERIOUS QUESTIONS': Sen. John Kerry says the documents on Wikileaks may underscore important stakes. (Associated Press)

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White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the data leak does not raise any doubts about Pakistan's reliability as a key ally in the war against terrorism, adding that the U.S. has "certainly known about safe havens in Pakistan." (Associated Press)

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President Obama exits the Oval Office on his way to the Rose Garden at the White House on Monday to deliver remarks on campaign finance reform. "A vote to oppose these reforms is nothing less than a vote to allow corporate and special-interest takeovers of our elections. It is damaging to our democracy," Mr. Obama said. (Associated Press)