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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi introduces newly elected Democratic members of the House on Tuesday. She said it would not be “a good thing for our country for us to go over the cliff.” (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi is joined by Rep. Steve Israel in introducing newly elected Democratic members of the House during a news conference Tuesday at the Capitol. The freshmen-to-be are spending a few days in orientation in preparation for their January swearing-in. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Former Seattle Seahawks player Jerramy Stevens, far right, listens during a bail hearing for Stevens at Municipal Court in Kirkland, Wash. on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. Stevens appeared in court for a domestic violence probable cause hearing. He was released without conditions by the judge who didn't find probable cause to hold him. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo)
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Bono thinks President Obama is an “extraordinary man,” as he said before addressing the Global Social Enterprise Initiative Monday at Georgetown University.
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Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori noted that “the political landscape is the same” after voters on Election Day 2012 widely rejected Catholic stances on gay marriage and birth control. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Supporters of "Vote Yes on B in Los Angeles," the condom-use-in-porn measure on the November ballot led by AIDS Healthcare Foundation, hand out voter information and free condoms on Los Angeles' famed Sunset Strip on Oct. 27, 2012. (Joe Kohen/AIDS Healthcare Foundation via Associated Press)
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Extreme far-right Golden Dawn party lawmaker Ilias Panagiotaros speaks Oct. 26, 2012, at his shop in central Athens, explaining his party's policies and rejects accusations that it has been involved in racist attacks in Greece. (Associated Press)
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Greek riot police officers, right, push the last remaining protesters off the street, following an anti-austerity rally in front of the Parliament in central Athens, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. Thousands of protesters converged on the Greek capital's main square outside the Parliament on Sunday evening, as lawmakers debated the 2013 budget, which includes pension and salary cuts demanded by the country's international creditors in order for them to approve the next vital batch of rescue loans. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Graffiti in Bujanovac, Serbia, announces the impoverished town’s name. Poor people in the Balkans, mostly Gypsies, have traveled to Western Europe in a steady stream since EU countries started allowing them visa-free entry three years ago. About 99 percent of asylum requests from Balkan citizens are rejected, but asylum seekers receive generous benefits while their applications are under review. (Associated Press)
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A woman and child in Bujanovac pass by a tourist agency’s advertisement for travel to Western destinations. Asylum seekers in Western Europe have increased tenfold since 2009, when visa-free travel from the Balkans was approved. Many EU officials consider the asylum requests a form of fraud in which the asylum seekers travel to an EU country, knowing their request will be denied, in order to receive benefits while there. (Associated Press)
