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Pakistani protesters shout slogans against America and NATO in Lahore, Pakistan, on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. Pakistan on Saturday accused NATO helicopters and fighter jets of firing on two army checkpoints and killing 24 soldiers. Islamabad retaliated by closing the border crossings used by the international coalition to supply its troops in neighboring Afghanistan. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)
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Pakistani security personnel stop trucks carrying supplies for NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan at Takhtabeg check post in Pakistani tribal area of Khyber, Pakistan, on their way to Torkham border post on Saturday, Nov 26, 2011. Pakistan on Saturday accused NATO helicopters of firing on two army checkpoints in the northwest and killing 25 soldiers, then retaliated by closing a key border crossing used by the coalition to supply its troops in neighboring Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
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Marine Gen. James Amos visits Combat Outpost Geronimo in southern Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)
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** FILE ** NATO fuel tankers enter Afghanistan through Pakistan's border crossing in Torkham, east of Kabul, on Oct. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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Defected army soldiers stand guard on a vehicle while protesters march during a demonstration demanding the prosecution of Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, on Nov. 24, 2011. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** In this image from Egyptian state television, three American students are displayed Nov. 22, 2011, to the camera by Egyptian authorities following their arrest during protests in Cairo, where an Egyptian official said they were throwing firebombs at security forces. (Associated Press)
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PREMIUM CONTENT--HIGHER RATES APPLY FOR NON-PHOTOSTREAM MEMBERS - U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and her husband, retired Capt. Mark Kelly, serve a Thanksgiving meal to troops at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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PREMIUM CONTENT--HIGHER RATES APPLY FOR NON-PHOTOSTREAM MEMBERS - U.S. Rep Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and her husband, retired Capt. Mark Kelly, meet both active and retired airmen after serving a Thanksgiving meal to troops at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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U.S. soldiers serve Thanksgiving meal for Gen. Lloyd Austin, left, the top U.S. commander in Iraq at Contingency Operating Site Echo, in Diwaniyah, 120 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. The U.S. has promised to withdraw from Iraq by the end of the year as required by a 2008 security agreement between Washington and Baghdad. A little less than 20,000 U.S. troops are scheduled to clear out along with their equipment. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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U.S. soldiers serve food for the last Thanksgiving meal at Contingency Operating Site Echo, in Diwaniyah, 120 kilometers (80 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. The U.S. has promised to withdraw from Iraq by the end of the year as required by a 2008 security agreement between Washington and Baghdad. A little less than 20,000 U.S. troops are scheduled to clear out along with their equipment. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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A U.S. soldier takes a piece of cake to mark Thanksgiving Day at the U.S. base Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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U.S. soldiers walk into a dining facility to take their lunch meal to mark Thanksgiving Day at the U.S. base Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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U.S. soldiers react, as they eat lunch meal to mark Thanksgiving Day at the U.S. base Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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U.S. soldiers and service members take their lunch to mark Thanksgiving Day at the U.S. base Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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U.S. soldiers and service members take lunch to mark the Thanksgiving Day at the U.S. base Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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U.S. soldiers, left, distribute meals to comrades to mark Thanksgiving Day at the U.S. base Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Spectators watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade from behind police barricades. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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"I was empty, I was broken," says Michelangelo Payne of the day he arrived at the Central Union Mission two years ago. The shelter for men and is the oldest social services agency in the District. Founded in 1881 by the Rev. Latham Douglass, many of the men it first served were Civil War veterans wandering along Pennsylvania Avenue. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Mary Todd Lincoln's three-piece purple velvet ensemble is thought to have been made by black dressmaker Elizabeth Keckley. Mrs. Lincoln is shown as an influential anti-slavery advocate who supported Union troops. (Photo courtesy Smithsonial National Museum of American History)
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U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Democrat, and her husband, retired Capt. Mark Kelly, serve a Thanksgiving meal to troops at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)
