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BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg speaks to the news media outside the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 16, 2010, after attending a meeting at the White House with President Obama in Washington. Standing behind Mr. Svanberg is BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, left, and BP Managing Director Bob Dudley, second from left. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, center, walks with Nicholas Colvin, staff assistant in the White House Counsel's office, right, as BP CEO Tony Hayward follows at left as they arrive at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 16, 2010, for a meeting President Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, left, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 16, 2010, before the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Defense Department's fiscal 2011 budget. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Senate Committee Appropriations Chairman Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, left, talks with Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 16, 2010, before the start of the committee's hearing on the Defense Department's fiscal 2011 budget. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, left, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, take their seats on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 16, 2010, prior to testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Defense Department's fiscal 2011 budget. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, left, huddles with Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 16, 2010, during the Senate Appropriations Committee on hearing on the Defense Department's fiscal 2011 budget. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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From left, Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, Defense Robert Gates and Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 16, 2010, before the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Defense Department's fiscal 2011 budget. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander, U.S. Central Command, talks with Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican (left) and Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, Connecticut Independent, (right) prior to testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the situation in Afghanistan on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 16, 2010. The hearing is continued from Tuesday when Gen. Petraeus slumped briefly during testimony, which aides blamed on dehydration and jet lag. (UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander, U.S. Central Command, holds up a water container called a "camelback" as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the situation in Afghanistan on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 16, 2010. The hearing is continued from Tuesday when Gen. Petraeus slumped briefly during testimony, which aides blamed on dehydration and jet lag. (UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander, U.S. Central Command, prepares to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the situation in Afghanistan on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 16, 2010. The committee gave him a few cookies after the hearing was continued from Tuesday when Gen. Petraeus slumped briefly during testimony, which aides blamed on dehydration and jet lag. At left is Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy. (UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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Army General David H. Petraeus, commander, U.S. Central Command, speaks with Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, prior to testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the situation in Afghanistan on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 16, 2010. The hearing is continued from Tuesday when Gen. Petraeus slumped briefly during testimony, which aides blamed on dehydration and jet lag. (UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward (second from left), BP America chief Lamar McKay (second from right), BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg (center) and other BP representatives arrive at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, June 16, 2001, for a meeting with President Obama. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President Obama speaks during a nationally televised address from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Mr. Obama said the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is an urgent call for action to cut U.S. dependence on fossil fuels and vowed that BP PLC will be required to spend whatever is needed to repair damage caused by the company's "recklessness." (Bloomberg News/Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool)
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President Obama is pictured after delivering a televised address from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday June 15, 2010. Mr. Obama said the nation will continue to fight the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico for "as long as it takes." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Tony Hayward (left), chief executive officer of BP PLC, arrives at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. As devastation from the worst U.S. oil spill mounts, President Obama vowed that BP will pay for all damage caused by its recklessness and that the government would commit to restoring the Gulf Coast. (Bloomberg News/Andrew Harrer)
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BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg (center) walks with Nicholas Colvin, staff assistant in the White House counsel's office, as BP CEO Tony Hayward (left) follows as they arrive at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, for a meeting with President Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Arriving at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, for a meeting with President Obama are (from left) BP PLC CEO Tony Hayward, BP America President and Chairman Lamar McKay, BP General Counsel Rupert Bondy and BP Managing Director Bob Dudley. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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This photo provided by the Marion County Sheriff's Office, Fla., shows Lee Bentley Farkas. A federal grand jury has indicted Farkas for allegedly engaging in a fraud scheme that misappropriated $1 billion from the government's Troubled Assets Relief Program and other targets. (AP Photo/Marion County Sheriff's Office)
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This photo provided by the Marion County Sheriff's Office, Fla., shows Lee Bentley Farkas. A federal grand jury has indicted Farkas for allegedly engaging in a fraud scheme that misappropriated $1 billion from the government's Troubled Assets Relief Program and other targets. (AP Photo/Marion County Sheriff's Office)
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In this publicity image released by HBO, Iranian dissident Neda Agha Soltan, subject of the documentary "For Neda," is shown. Ms. Soltan, 27, an Iranian music student, was gunned down during an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, on June 20, 2009. (AP Photo/HBO, Caspian Makan)
