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South Korean conservative activists with huge balloons carrying leaflets denouncing North Korean leader Kim Jong Il during a rally to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War at the Imjingak Pavilion in Paju near the border village of the Panmunjom (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 25, 2010. The two Koreas commemorated the anniversary Friday of the outbreak of the Korean War, promoting vastly different views of the origins of the conflict that still divides their peninsula a full six decades later. The letters on the balloons read " Down with Kim Jong Il." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Korean War veterans pay their respects during a ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 25, 2010. The two Koreas commemorated the anniversary Friday of the war, promoting vastly different views of the origins of the conflict that still divides their peninsula a full six decades later. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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** FILE ** In this Feb. 2, 2010, file photo, Paul Volcker, the president's Economic Recovery Advisory Board Chairman, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. House and Senate negotiators have completed a sweeping overhaul of banking regulations and aim to send it to President Barack Obama by July 4. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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** FILE ** In this Feb. 2, 2010, file photo, Paul Volcker, the president's Economic Recovery Advisory Board Chairman, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. House and Senate negotiators have completed a sweeping overhaul of banking regulations and aim to send it to President Barack Obama by July 4. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS John Wall, of Kentucky, is interviewed after being selected by the Washington Wizards with the No. 1 pick in the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 24, 2010, in New York.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS NBA commissioner David Stern, left, poses with the No. 1 overall draft pick John Wall, of Kentucky, who was selected by the Washington Wizards with the No. 1 pick in the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 24, 2010 in New York.
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Associated Press President Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev leave a news conference at the White House on Thursday. Mr. Obama said he succeeded in "resetting" the U.S.-Russia relationship.
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John O. Brennan, White House senior adviser on counterterrorism, says U.S.-born terrorists overseas are being targeted for "military response." J.M. EDDINS JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John O. Brennan says of U.S.-born recruits to terrorist groups: "There are, in my mind, dozens of U.S. persons who are in different parts of the world, and they are very concerning to us." J.M. EDDINS JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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China is said to be concerned that the Islamic State is moving into western China, specifically Xinjiang province, where Muslim Uighurs in the past have joined Islamist terrorist groups. (Associated Press/File)
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Illustration: Too Big To Fail by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times
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*FILE PHOTO.* President Barack Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev take part in a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Barack Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, left, seen during talks in the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/RAI-Novosti, Mikhail Klimenthev, Presidential Press Service)
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President Barack Obama, accompanied by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, and others, waves as they leave Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Barack Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev order burgers during an unscheduled visit to Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Barack Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev eat burgers during an unscheduled visit to Ray's Hell Burger in Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Barack Obama waits to be announced before a joint news conference with Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Thursday, June 24, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Barack Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev arrive for their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev take a question from a Russian journalist in the East Room of the White House following their meeting in Washington on June 24, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
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President Barack Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev take part in a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
