War_Conflict

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Supporters of Congolese opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi hurl stones at Congolese riot police outside their candidate's headquarters in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the United States of spending “hundreds of millions” of dollars to influence Russian politics. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan: "Assimilated" by Jefferson Pinder (center) and "Untitled" by Sharif Bey (on wall at right) (State Department photo)

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A Pakistani woman walks near a bazaar in Peshawar that was attacked by suspected militants. The death toll from suicide attacks in Pakistan in the first 11 months of 2011 has dropped almost 40 percent from last year. (Associated Press)

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Pakistani firefighters try to extinguish burning NATO oil tankers after they were torched by militants at a terminal on the outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

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Pakistanis take part in an anti-NATO rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

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** FILE ** Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds a press conference during the annual gathering of NATO foreign ministers at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

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Occupy D.C. protesters stand off with police as they block 14th and K streets NW in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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A woman is caught between people and a police horse as Metropolitan Police clear the street and make arrests during a protest in the intersection of 14th and K Streets NW in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, December 7, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A woman is caught between people and a police horse as Washington D.C. Metro police clear the street and make arrests during a protest in the intersection of 14th and K Streets NW in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Police also used horses to try to keep order in this situation. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A man reaches out to brace himself against a police horse as Washington D.C. Metro police clear the street and make arrests during a protest in the intersection of 14th and K Streets NW in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Police also used horses to try to keep order in this situation. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Washington D.C. Metro police work to separate people from each other as they make arrests during a protest in the intersection of 14th and K Streets NW in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Police also used horses to try to keep order in this situation. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Afghans shout slogans during a funeral for a victim of Tuesday's suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

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Election volunteers tabulate results Sunday in Kinshasa, Congo. The tallies Tuesday showed President Joseph Kabila apparently winning a second term, but there were also charges of fraud and threats of massive protests. (Associated Press)

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Harris Bircher, 92, was thrown from the U.S.S. West Virginia as it was struck by seven torpedoes and three bombs in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. In the weeks after the attack, the Navy reported him missing and a funeral was held in his home town of Dubuque, Iowa. Bircher retired from the Navy after 20 years of service, settling down in California before moving several years ago to the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, D.C., where he is seen on Nov. 17, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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Edward Davis, 90, enlisted in the Army at 17 and was stationed at Schofield Barracks on Oahu during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Davis spent much of his life in the Army, working up to 1st Sergeant through service in the South Pacific during WWII, in Germany and Korea during the Korean War, and on three tours of Vietnam in the late 1960s. Davis was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder after his WWII service, then known as "shell-shock", and now battles with Parkinson's disease that he says is the result of Agent Orange exposure during his time in Vietnam. Davis lives at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, D.C., seen on Nov. 17, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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A Japanese dive bomber goes into its last dive as it heads toward the ground in flames after it was hit by Naval anti-aircraft fire during surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo)

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Troops man a machine gun nest at Wheeler Field, which adjoins Schofield Barracks in Honolulu, after the Japanese attack on the island of Oahu, Dec. 7, 1941. (AP Photo)

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Harris Bircher, 92, was thrown from the U.S.S. West Virginia as it was struck by seven torpedoes and three bombs in the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. In the weeks after the attack, the Navy reported him missing and a funeral was held in his home town of Dubuque, Iowa. Bircher retired from the Navy after 20 years of service, settling down in California before moving several years ago to the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, D.C., where he is seen on Nov. 17, 2011. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times)

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A Japanese bomber on a run over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii is shown during the surprise attack of Dec. 7, 1941. Black smoke rises from American ships in the harbor. Below is a U.S. Army air field. (AP Photo)