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** FILE ** Fireworks explode over the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., Friday, July 4, 2008.
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Parade goers wave flagsd during the Independence Day parade July 4, 2008 in Wimberley, Texas. (Photo by Ben Sklar/Getty Images)
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Dick Morris
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A missile-equipped Predator would be dispatched to kill the al Qaeda leader if his location is pinpointed. The drone could be redirected in flight.
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Democratic congressional candidate Jared Polis (center) discusses the issues with attendees at Denver's recent gay pride festival. Mr. Polis is running in Colorado's 2nd District. (Valerie Richardson/The Washington Times)
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The next three show a man, Jared Polis, talking to three people. Caption: Colorado Democrat Jared Polis, who's running for Congress, discusses the issues with Pridefest-goers Alex Hernandez, Kelsey Ray and Kyle Pape. Valerie Richardson/ Special to The Washington Times
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Former Pakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani
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Photographs by Katie Falkenberg/The Washington Times Gun-control activists in front of the Supreme Court show their support for the gun ban and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
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**FILE** Abortion protesters in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2008, call on politicians to reject donations from Planned Parenthood and other such groups. (The Washington Times)
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BACK FOR ROUND 3: Third-party candidate Ralph Nader talks Monday about his 2008 campaign at his Georgetown office. (John Tully/The Washington Times)
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Ralph Nader has said the 220-year-old "Electoral College duopoly" has effectively locked out third-party and independent candidates and provides little reason for the major parties to foster innovation or progress to the political sphere. (John Tully/The Washington Times)
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Gen. Michael V. Hayden was feted Friday at his military-retirement ceremony at Bolling Air Force Base. He will continue to serve as the civilian director of the CIA.
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**FILE** This undated image released in April 2008 shows what U.S. intelligence officials said was a Syrian nuclear reactor being built with North Korean help. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
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Associated Press President Bush presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Annette Lantos, wife of the late Rep. Tom Lantos of California, during a ceremony honoring Mr. Lantos and five others with the nation's highest civilian award.
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** In this June 18, 2008, file photo, the Rev. John McLaughlin, of St. Monica Parish in Methuen, Mass., is the first national vocations director at the Archdiocese of the Military in Washington. This month, Father McLaughlin begins traveling the country to recruit members of the military into the Catholic priesthood and sisterhood. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony (left) and a deputy, Vincent Otti, meet with a U.N. official in Ri-Kwangba, Sudan, in 2006.
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Sen. Barack Obama has tapped former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, who was a Clinton supporter, as part of his team. Associated Press.
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Above: Mobs scale the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, Vietnam, in April 1975 to escape the imminent communist takeover. Left: In April 1956, black and white passengers sit segregated on a trolley in Atlanta, despite a Supreme Court decision. Both were pivot points in U.S. history.
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Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Seoul protesters demand the resignation of government officials. Some scholars say the mixed focus of the protests indicate citizens merely seek group experience, and that this urge dangerously usurps their loyalty to the democratic process. Elected by a record margin, the president's approval rating is now less than 20 percent.
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**FILE** Chen Yunlin (left), head of Beijing's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, and Chiang Pin-kung, Taiwan's chief negotiator, toast the charter flight and tourism agreement. (Associated Press)
