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Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, left, and Labor Minister Andreas Loverdos talk to reporters as they leave the prime minister's office in Athens after talks on draft reforms to the country's pension system, on Tuesday, June 1, 2010. On Monday, JUne 14, 2010, Moody's Investors Service slashed Greece's credit rating to junk status, the latest blow to the debt-ridden nation. This led to fears Greece and other European governments could default on their debts and drove up gains in U.S. Treasury securities holding by China and other governments. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Alvin M. Greene, South Carolina Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, has spurned pleas by the state's Democratic Party chairwoman to drop out. Mr. Greene said he is staying in the race and will face incumbent Republican Sen. Jim DeMint in the November election. (AP Photo)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrive Monday at a news conference during a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin to prepare for a European Union summit later this week, amid speculation of a rift in German-French views on economic policy. Merkel welcomed Sarkozy to discuss a joint strategy on how to curb the debt crisis that has dragged down the common European currency and rattled economies across the continent. (Associated Press)
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Alvin M. Greene, South Carolina Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, has spurned pleas by the state's Democratic Party chairwoman to drop out. Mr. Greene said he is staying in the race and will face incumbent Republican Sen. Jim DeMint in the November election. (AP Photo)
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President Obama talks about the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Monday, June 14, 2010, at the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Gulfport, Miss. At the far end of the table are (from left) Carol M. Browner, White House climate and energy adviser; U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, the national incident commander; Mr. Obama; Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour; Mr. Barbour's wife, Marsha; and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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**FILE** VVD Party leader Mark Rutte casts his ballot in the general election in The Hague on June 9, 2010. (Associated Press)
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In this file photo, Brazil's United Nations Ambassador Maria Ribeiro Viotti, left, and Turkey's United Nations Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, are alone to confer inside the United Nations Security Council following a vote to impose sanctions on Iran, New York, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The two nations were the only members of the council to vote against sanctions, which cited Iran's nuclear buildup. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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The Netherlands' center-right Liberal Party, led by Mark Rutte, shown in this file photo casting his ballot in general elections June 9, 2010, is in talks to forge a coalition for a three-party government with Maxime Verhagen's Christian Democratic Appeal, backed by the outside support of Geert Wilders's anti-Islam Freedom Party. (AP Photo/Evert-Jan Daniels)
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**FILE** President Obama meets with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on June 9, 2010, in the Oval Office at the White House. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** The members of the U.N. Security Council vote on sanctions against Iran during a session on Wednesday, June 9, 2010. The sanctions would ban Iran from pursuing "any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons," bar Iranian investment in activities such as uranium mining, and prohibit Iran from buying several categories of heavy weapons, including attack helicopters and missiles. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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South Carolina state Rep. Nikki Haley makes remarks during a televised debate in Columbia, S.C. She took the early lead as the state's GOP voters went to the polls on Tuesday. She was an obscure state lawmaker just months ago, but now she is the odds-on favorite to be South Carolina's first female governor. (Associated Press)
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A photojournalist (left) runs Friday June 4, 2010, as Israeli soldiers try to stop a vehicle decorated in a shape of a ship by Palestinian, Israeli and international protesters. The vehicle depicted one of the ships of the humanitarian flotilla that tried to get to Gaza, during a protest against Israel's separation barrier, in the outskirts of the West Bank village of Bilin, near the city of Ramallah. Tensions are high in the aftermath of an Israeli naval raid targeting the aid flotilla to Gaza that killed nine pro-Palestinian activists, mostly Turks, in the ensuing clash. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Malia Obama walks with their new dog Bo as President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and Sasha follow on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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President Lyndon B. Johnson holds his dog "Her" by the ears as White House visitors look on, April 27, 1964, on the White House lawn in Washington. At left is President Johnson's other dog, "Him." This picture raised criticism from dog lovers. (AP Photo/Charles P. Gorry)
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Then-President George W. Bush carries his two dogs, Barney, foreground, and Miss Beazley, background, down the steps of Air Force One on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006, near Washington. Mr. Bush was returning to Washington after spending 11 days in Texas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **
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October may be a black cat's favorite month, but President George W. Bush's pets India, left, and Miss Beazley, right, don't appear to be each other's favorites as they square off during a walk on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 2, 2006. The dust-up was over quickly, and the cloistered companions returned peacefully to the White House. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army during the American Civil War, poses with his horse in this undated photo at an unknown location. (AP Photo)
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President Warren G. Harding plays with his pet airedale, Laddie Boy, outside the White House, June 13, 1922. (AP Photo/Library of Congress)
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President John F. Kennedy and his family vacation with their pets in this undated photo. From left are daughter Caroline, first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, John Jr. and the president. (AP Photo)
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**FILE** Palestinians in fishing boats decorated with Turkish and Palestinian flags hold a pro-Turkey demonstration in the sea off the shore of Gaza City on June 3, 2010. Israel on Thursday rejected calls from the United Nations and others for an international investigation of its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla but left the door open to foreign involvement. (Associated Press)
