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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates attends an interview in Beijing on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. Technical glitches and sanctions that have delayed Iran's nuclear program give the United States and its partners more time to exert pressure without resorting to military action, Mr. Gates said. (Bloomberg/Keith Bedford)
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TOPICS LIMITED: Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Liang Guanglie welcomes U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in Beijing on Monday. Gen. Liang rejected suggestions for nuclear and security talks. (Bloomberg)
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A Southern Sudanese woman casts her vote at a polling center in Juba, Sudan, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. Thousands of people began casting ballots Sunday during a weeklong vote to choose the destiny of this war-ravaged and desperately poor but oil-rich region. (AP Photo)
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (right) speaks with Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, during a press event in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. Mr. Biden is in Afghanistan on a surprise visit to assess progress in handing over security from foreign to Afghan forces. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Helmand's Gov. Gulab Mangal, left, shakes hand with U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, NATO's top commander in Afghanistan, in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Heidi Vogt)
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Maj. Richard "Dick" Winters was described by comrades as a man of outstanding leadership. His World War II exploits were chronicled in the book and television miniseries "Band of Brothers." (Associated Press)
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A Southern Sudanese woman reads a newspaper at a polling center during the second day of the independence referendum in the city of Um Durman, Sudan, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. Southern Sudan's military spokesman says 20 policemen in the disputed north-south region of Abyei have been killed and 30 more wounded in two attacks by Arab tribesmen and militia. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)
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Unidentified observers of the European Union Election Observation Mission for the Southern Sudan referendum arrive at a polling center in the city of Um Durman, Sudan, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. Southern Sudan's military spokesman says 20 policemen in the disputed north-south region of Abyei have been killed and 30 more wounded in two attacks by Arab tribesmen and militia. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)
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A Southern Sudanese woman casts her vote at a polling center in Juba, Southern Sudan, on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, on the second day of in the Southern Sudan independence referendum. Thousands of people began casting ballots Sunday during a weeklong vote to choose the destiny of this war-ravaged and desperately poor but oil-rich region. The mainly Christian south is widely expected to secede from the mainly Muslim north, splitting Africa's largest country in two. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)
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William Obur wears the flag of South Sudan on his head after casting his ballot in the South Sudan referendum election at an out-of-country voting precinct on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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South Sudanese men wait to casts their vote at a polling station in Juba, Southern Sudan, Monday, Jan 10, 2011. Thousands of people began casting ballots Sunday during a weeklong vote to choose the destiny of this war-ravaged and desperately poor but oil-rich region. The mainly Christian south is widely expected to secede from the mainly Muslim north, splitting Africa's largest country in two.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
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Salva Kiir, president of the semiautonomous government of Southern Sudan, casts his vote in front of a cheering crowd of hundreds of Sudanese voters in Juba on Sunday. (Associated Press)
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Salva Kiir, president of the semiautonomous government of Southern Sudan, casts his vote in front of a cheering crowd of hundreds of Sudanese voters in Juba on Sunday. About 4 million southern Sudanese voters began casting their ballots Sunday in a weeklong referendum on independence that is expected to split Africa's largest nation in two. (Associated Press)
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A Kosovo man casts his ballot at a polling station in the village of Zabelj in central Kosovo on Sunday. (Associated Press)
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Workers make repairs to the Sheraton Hotel in central Baghdad on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. Insurgent threats and a lack of space in hotels being rebuilt from bombings have cast doubt on whether the Arab League can hold its annual meeting in Iraq this spring. Iraqi and league officials maintain the March 23 summit will take place as planned. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Lt. Kelly Flinn, the nation's first female bomber pilot, stands near the wing of a B-52 at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier, La., April 21, 1995. (Photo: Associated Press)
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In this Dec. 29, 2010 photo, an Israeli soldier handles explosives during an army drill near the Shivta Field Artillery School, southern Israel. Israel is among several nations to harness digital and satellite technology to develop "C4I" systems _ short for "command, control, communications, computers and intelligence." The latest version of the communication system that compiles battlefield information in an easy-to-use, video game-like interface, allows all forces on the ground to communicate instantaneously.(AP Photos/Bernat Armangue)
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Southern Sudanese take part in a pro-separation rally in the southern capital of Juba on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. Thousands of pro-independence supporters rallied throughout the town just two days before voting commences in a referendum that will determine if southern Sudan secedes from the north to form the world's newest country. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)
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Palestinian mourners shout slogans as they carry the body, covered left, of Palestinian Omar Kawasmeh during his funeral in the West Bank city of Hebron, Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. Israeli troops mistakenly shot and killed the 65-year-old Palestinian man Friday during a predawn raid to arrest a Hamas militant in the West Bank, Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
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A Palestinian man argues with Israeli soldier during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah, Friday, Jan 7, 2011. Some held banners with photographs of Jawaher Abu Rahmeh, a 36-year-old villager who collapsed at last week's protest and died the next day. Palestinian doctors who treated Ms. Abu Rahmeh said she collapsed after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli troops and died as a result of the gas. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
