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Afghan security force members stand outside a USAID compound in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, Friday, July 2, 2010, after it was stormed by militants wearing suicide vests. Six suicide bombers attacked the compound Friday, killing at least four people and wounding several others, officials said. (AP Photo)
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Family members of victims comfort each others after suicide bombers attacked a popular Muslim shrine in the Pakistan city of Lahore late Thursday night, July 1, 2010, killing more than 40 people and wounding 175 others, the city's top official said. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)
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** FILE ** Lyle Mann, executive director of the Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training Board, addresses the panel at an Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board hearing regarding the update on its preparation of materials to train officers to enforce the state's illegal immigration law on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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The late Sen. Robert Byrd, D-WV, lies in repose in the Senate chamber of the US Capitol in Washington on July 1, 2010. UPI/Stephen Crowley/POOL
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President Obama gestures while speaking about immigration reform, Thursday,July 1, 2010, at American University in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Obama arrives to speak about immigration, Thursday, July 1, 2010, at American University in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Obama outlines the need for immigration policy overhaul during a speech at the American University School of International Service in Washington, Thursday, July 1, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Obama speaks on immigration reform at American University in Washington on July 1, 2010. UPI/Dennis Brack/Pool
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on immigration reform at American University in Washington on July 1, 2010. UPI/Dennis Brack/Pool
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President Barack Obama outlines the need for immigration policy overhaul during a speech at the American University School of International Service in Washington, Thursday, July 1, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama is embraced by Rev. Al Sharpton after Obama spoke about immigration reform, Thursday, July 1, 2010, at American University in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Barack Obama arrives to speak about immigration, Thursday, July 1, 2010, at American University in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Barack Obama gestures while speaking about immigration reform, Thursday,July 1, 2010, at American University in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Obama speaks about immigration reform, Thursday, July 1, 2010, at American University in Washington.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Padre Boulevard floods as the early effects of Hurricane Alex are felt along the Texas coast on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, in South Padre Island, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A motorist is assisted by passerbys as the early effects of Hurricane Alex are felt along the Texas coast on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in South Padre Island, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Ken Buck, Weld County district attorney in Colorado, leads Jane Norton in the state's Republican primary race for a U.S. Senate seat by double digits, according to two recent surveys. (Associated Press)
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Mosab Hassan Yousef, right, gets a hug from friend Ruth Lefebvre, left, after his deportation hearing at the immigration detention center in San Diego Wednesday, June 30, 2010. A U.S. immigration judge in San Diego has agreed to grant asylum to Yousef. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
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Mosab Hassan Yousef, right, is hugged by former Israeli security service agent Gonen Ben-Itzhak, after his deportation hearing at the immigration detention center in San Diego, Wednesday, June 30, 2010. A U.S. immigration judge in San Diego has agreed to grant asylum to Yousef. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
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Mosab Hassan Yousef, center, leaves his deportation hearing with former Israeli security service agent Gonen Ben-Itzhak, left, and his attorney Steve Seick, right, at the immigration detention center in San Diego Wednesday, June 30, 2010. A U.S. immigration judge in San Diego has agreed to grant asylum to Yousef. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
