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**FILE** In this photo from April 14, 2005, President Bush throws out the first pitch at RFK Stadium in Washington at the start of the home opener between the Washington Nationals and the Arizona Diamondbacks. (Associated Press)

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U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Great Wall in Badaling, China, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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US President Barack Obama receives the Nobel Peace Prize during a ceremony in the Main Hall of Oslo City Hall in Oslo, Norway, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Barack Obama laughs during the beginning of the Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner, Friday, June 19, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS From left, Washington Wizards' Gilbert Arenas, Brendan Haywood, Caron Butler watch the action from the bench in the fourth quarter in an NBA basketball game against the Phoenix Suns Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009, in Phoenix. The Suns defeated the Wizards 121-95.

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From left, National Counterterrorism Center Director Michael Leiter, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Intelligence Reform. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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** FILE ** U.S. Army service members salute in the official uniforms of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACS) in this May 22, 1942, photo. Wartime often has been heralded as strong periods of American style, yet the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq seem to be barely a blip on the radar of the fashion community. (AP Photo/File)

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** FILE ** Copies of President Obama's fiscal 2010 federal budget are seen at the White House in Washington on Thursday, May 7, 2009.

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FILE - In this March 20, 2009 file photo David Bossie, leader of Citizens United and producer of "Hillary: The Movie", is seen in his office in Washington. Hillary: The Movie" is returning to the Supreme Court for a limited engagement and with the chance to overhaul laws governing federal campaigns ranging from the White House to the halls of Congress. The justices were hearing arguments in the case Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, for the second time. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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** FILE ** Rep. Mike Pence, Indiana Republican, stresses the importance of state fiscal responsibility. (Michael Connor/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, speaks during a health-care-reform town-hall meeting in Waldorf, Md., on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Then-RNC Chairman Michael Steele had the D.C. license plate with the tag line "Taxation without Representation" on his RNC vehicle. (Photo courtesy of the Republican National Committee) ** FILE **

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** FILE ** Former Georgia Rep. Bob Barr takes part in a debate titled "Does Security Trump Freedom?" Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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In this Aug. 25, 2008, photo, then-Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (right) is seen with his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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In this file photo, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele prepares to speak at the "Bless The Mic" lecture series at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Ark., Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

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Bela Lugosi portrays the evil Count Dracula in the 1930 movie classic. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

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** FILE ** Demonstrators hold a large U.S. flag at the state Capitol in Phoenix on Friday, April 23, 2010, to protest immigration bill SB1070. Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law the U.S.'s toughest legislation against illegal immigration Friday, a sweeping measure which critics saY could violate people's civil rights. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Mark Henle)

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** FILE ** Rielle Hunter (center) is escorted into the Terry Sanford Federal Building and Courthouse in Raleigh, N.C., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)

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** FILE ** President Obama meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, March 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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** FILE ** Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (center) visits the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, about 200 miles from the capital of Tehran, in April 2008. (AP Photo/Iranian President's Office)