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** FILE ** Supporters of the Communist Party of Nepal, or Maoists, dance to a patriotic song as they block a road in Katmandu, Nepal, on Sunday, May 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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This artwork by M. Ryder relates to the debate about President Bush's proposal to partially privatize Social Security.
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President Barack Obama acknowledges the applause of the crowd as he arrives Sunday for commencement ceremonies at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his wife Sara wave as they board a plane at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv early Sunday, May 17, 2009, on their way for the first visit to Washington since Netanyahu became Israeli Prime Minister.
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**FILE** In this July 28, 2009 file photo, a car turned in as a clunker sits in a recycle dumpster at Capitol City Buick Pontiac GMC in Berlin, Vt. The Obama administration will bring to an end the popular $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program on Monday giving car shoppers a few more days to take advantage of big government incentives. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** President Obama delivers remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 12, 2009. (Associated Press)
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A crowd rallies Wednesday during a “Don't Mess With Texas”-themed “tea party” in Austin, Texas. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Thai Buddhist monks pray for peace as anti-government demonstrators gather to shout insults at police outside police headquarters on Friday, April 9, 2010, in Bangkok. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
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** FILE ** Billionaire R. Allen Stanford is escorted into the federal courthouse in Houston on Thursday, June 25, 2009. Mr. Stanford faces federal charges that he ran a $7 billion scheme to defraud investors with his international banking empire. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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**FILE** A Customs and Border Protection officer takes a passenger's fingerprints upon arrival in Washington. (Department of Homeland Security)
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** FILE ** Lee H. Hamilton, former Democractic congressman from Indiana and vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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**FILE** Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies on Capitol Hill on June 2, 2009, before the House Health subcommittee hearing on health care reform. (Associated Press)
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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 ** Then-Democratic senatorial hopeful Rep. Michael Capuano, left, speaks to volunteers at his campaign headquarters in Worcester, Mass., Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 while former Mass. Gov. Michael Dukakis applauds with his wife, Kitty. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** President Obama participates in an AARP town hall on health care on July 28, 2009, in Washington. (Associated Press)
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**FILE**Transportation Security Administration's Behavior Detection Officer Terrence McClain (right) watches United Airlines passengers checking in for the morning flight at Washington's Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on April 8, 2010. (Associated Press)
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In this photograph provided by "Fox News Sunday," Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (left), Maryland Democrat, and Rep. John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, appear on "Fox News Sunday" from the channel's studios in Washington on Sunday. (Associated Press/"Fox News Sunday," Freddie Lee)
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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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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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Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman is shown in this 2009 file photo. On Friday, April 23, 2021, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that Mr. Feltman, a career diplomat, would serve as the State Department's special envoy for the Horn of Africa. (Associated Press) **FILE**
