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President Obama gestures during remarks on immigration reform in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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David Kallam, attorney for the school district being sued by the Maines family and the Maine Human Rights Commision, speaks before the Maine Supreme Court at the Penobscot Judicial Center, Wednesday, June 12, 2013, in Bangor, Maine. The lawsuit accuses the school district of breaking a state law in 2007 when it stopped letting the transgender student Nicole Maines use the girls bathroom and required to her use a staff bathroom after a student's grandfather complained. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, pool)

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**FILE** An undocumented migrant, who refused to identify himself, clings to the border as he checks on the U.S. Border Patrol from the Mexico side of the United States-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, on June 5, 2006. (Associated Press) (Treesaver cover)

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Kurt Cobain of the rock band Nirvana committed suicide on April 5, 1994. (Associated Press)

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Saudi Arabian women. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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**FILE** Boy Scouts line up on June 2, 2013, before marching in the Utah Gay Pride Parade in Salt Lake City. Members of Scouts for Equality marched in the parade a week after a vote by Boy Scouts of America to allow openly gay youth to participate in scouting. Scouts for Equality is made up of Scouting alumni advocating to end the BSA's ban on gay members and leaders. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** An undocumented migrant, who refused to identify himself, clings to the border as he checks on the U.S. Border Patrol from the Mexico side of the United States-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, on June 5, 2006. (Associated Press)

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The targeting of conservative groups by the IRS "must be investigated fully," said Rep. Steve Stockman, Texas Republican. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Egyptian girls chant slogans in Tahrir Square during a rally to mark the one year anniversary of the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Egypt, Jan 25, 2012. Egyptian women are growing increasingly angry as they deal with an epidemic of sexual assault. (Associated Press)

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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian army soldiers stand guard at a scene of two explosions in the central district of Marjeh, Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, June 11, 2013. State TV said the blasts were caused by suicide bombers, while activists said they were bombs planted there in advance. (AP Photo/SANA)