Politics

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President Barack Obama walks up the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Thursday, July 15, 2010, on his way to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of an advanced battery plant in Michigan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Barack Obama and Holland, Mich. Mayor Kurt Dykstra, sits in an electric Ford Focus, at the groundbreaking ceremony at Compact Power, Inc., a subsidary of LG Chem Ltd., a battery plant, Thursday, July 15, 2010, in Holland, Mich. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared a year ago, center, holds his 7-year-old son Amir Hossein as he arrives at the Imam Khomeini airport just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 15, 2010. Mr. Amiri claimed Thursday he suffered extreme mental and physical torture at the hands of U.S. interrogators after disappearing last year, adding to Tehran's allegations he was abducted by American agents. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared a year ago, left, flashes a victory sign as he arrives at the Imam Khomeini airport just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 15, 2010. Amiri claimed Thursday he suffered extreme mental and physical torture at the hands of U.S. interrogators after disappearing last year, adding to Tehran's allegations he was abducted by American agents. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan Qashqavi, is at right. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared a year ago, holds his son, Amir Hossein, as he arrives at the Imam Khomeini airport just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 15, 2010. Mr. Amiri claimed Thursday he suffered extreme mental and physical torture at the hands of U.S. interrogators after disappearing last year, adding to Tehran's allegations he was abducted by American agents. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared a year ago, listens to a question while holding his 7-year-old son Amir Hossein during a news briefing as he arrives at the Imam Khomeini airport just outside Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 15, 2010. Mr. Amiri claimed Thursday he suffered extreme mental and physical torture at the hands of U.S. interrogators after disappearing last year, adding to Tehran's allegations he was abducted by American agents. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri answers the questions of the reporters after arriving at Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran, Iran on July 15, 2010. He is holding his 7-year-old son Amir Hossein. Mr. Amiri claimed he was abducted by American agents last year while the U.S. says he was a willing defector who changed his mind. (UPI/Maryam Rahmanian)

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Recruited Afghan soldiers march for an oath-taking ceremony with a Turkish military officer, front center, at the Ghazi Military Training Center, where they are being trained by Turkish military officers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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A U.S. helicopter lands near recruited Afghan soldiers during an oath taking ceremony at the Ghazi Military Training Center, where they are being trained by Turkish military officers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, salutes during an oath-taking ceremony of recruited Afghan soldiers at the Ghazi Military Training Center, where the newcomers are being trained by Turkish military officers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Recruited Afghan soldiers march after taking an oath during a ceremony at the Ghazi Military Training Center, where they are being trained by Turkish military officers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Recruited Afghan soldiers march through a colored fog bomb after taking an oath during a ceremony at the Ghazi Military Training Center, where they are being trained by Turkish military officers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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Recruited Afghan soldiers place their hands on a copy of the Quran, Islam's holy book, during an oath taking ceremony at the Ghazi Military Training Center, where they are being trained by Turkish military officers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

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A supporter of a congressional proposal to legalize same-sex marriage shouts to demonstrators who oppose the bill in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Early on Thursday, Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalize gay marriage. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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THE WASHINGTON TIMES D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty has been absent without explanation from at least three recent public forums. Voters who are starting to notice are considering supporting his challenger.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Percy Abrams, executive director of the Iroquois Nationals lacrosse team board of directors, shows his Iroquois Confederacy passport Wednesday in New York. The British government refused to let the lacrosse team travel to Britain using Iroquois Confederacy passports.

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks at a June meeting with tribal leaders in Kandahar city. Mr. Karzai and his national security team have endorsed a U.S.-supported plan to set up local police forces across the country overseen from Kabul. (Associated Press)