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An unidentififed American woman carries a crying infant as other children, all orphans, wait to board a bus in Saigon, Vietnam on Friday, April 11, 1975. The South Vietnamese orphans are being taken to a U.S. Air Force transport plane to fly them to the United States for adoption. (AP Photo)
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A South Vietnamese infant is carried from a Saigon orphanage to the airport en route to the United States for adoption, Saturday, April 5, 1975. (AP Photo)
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An American volunteer helps lead one Vietnamese orphan and carries an infant to a waiting plane bound for the United States for adoption at Tan Son Nhot airport in Saigon on April 5, 1975. (AP Photo/Veder)
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An American volunteer carries a South Vietnamese infant from a Saigon orphanage to the airport en route to the United States for adoption, Saturday, April 5, 1975. (AP Photo)
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Scott McCorkle, center, ?CEO Salesforce.com, joins Indiana Senate President Pro Tem David Long, left, (R-Fort Wayne) and House Speaker Brian C. Bosma (R-Indianapolis) as they announce changes to the state's new religious objections law during a press conference in the House chamber at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Thursday, April 2, 2015. The measure has faced criticism it could allow discrimination against lesbians and gays. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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"Federal law is still the law of the land. It still needs to be enforced," said Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, the only potential Republican presidential candidate to take a firm stance on legalization by some states of medical and recreational marijuana. (Associated Press)
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Nuns and social workers rushed to place orphaned Vietnamese children on a plane as part of "Operation Babylift" during the month of April 1975. (Courtesy of Holt International Children's Services)
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Lois Lerner is the former IRS official at the center of a controversy over how the agency treated conservative political groups. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Chad Griffin, national president of the Human Rights Campaign, speaks at a rally at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson earlier Wednesday called for changes to a religious objection measure that provoked a backlash from businesses and gay-rights groups, saying it was not intended to sanction discrimination based on sexual orientation. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Students at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Calif. wear patriotic clothes on Cinco de Mayo, 2010. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence listens to a question during a news conference, Tuesday, March 31, 2015, in Indianapolis. Pence said that he wants legislation on his desk by the end of the week to clarify that a new religious-freedom law does not allow discrimination. The law has triggered an outcry, with businesses and organizations voicing concern and some states barring government-funded travel to the Midwestern state. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
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Supporters of the New York Dream Act were flustered as Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the weekend did away with plans for an Empire State policy to allow illegal immigrants to attend school on in-state tuition rates, which in turn led to a student hunger strike. (Associated Press)
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Connecticut Gov. Dan. Malloy, whose state has its own religious freedom law, announced Monday that he would sign a ban on state-funded travel to Indiana in response to that state's enactment last week of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. (Associated Press)
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House Speaker John A. Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi reached a rare bipartisan accord with last month's passage of H.R. 2, which reforms Medicare physician reimbursements. (Associated Press)
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Opponents of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act gathered at Indiana State House to rally against the law Saturday. Gov. Mike Pence signed a bill Thursday prohibiting state laws that "substantially burden" a person's ability to follow his or her religious beliefs. (Associated Press photographs)
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Thousands of opponents of Indiana Senate Bill 101, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, gathered on the lawn of the Indiana State House to rally against that legislation Saturday, March 28, 2015. Indiana's law has been widely criticized by businesses and organizations around the country. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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National Edition News cover for March 29, 2015 - Narcotics cartels funded prostitutes for DEA: Pedestrians pass the Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia, late on Thursday, April 19, 2012. U.S. Secret Service employees and military personnel are accused of misconduct in connection with a prostitution scandal at the hotel before President Obama's arrival for the Summit of the Americas. (AP Photo/Pedro Mendoza) ** FILE **
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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence holds a news conference at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Thursday, March 26, 2015. Pence has signed into law a religious objections bill that some convention organizers and business leaders have opposed amid concern it could allow discrimination against gay people. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
