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Tourists from Uruguay, left, hold up signs as they briefly join a protest against the meeting between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Demonstrators protest the meeting between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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**FILE** President Obama and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah share a light moment when they met on June 29, 2010, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** This Oct. 29, 2009 file photo shows White House pastry chef Bill Yosses as he poses in his kitchen during an interview with the Associated Press at the White House in Washington. Democrats and Republicans may follow their leaders in lockstep on the issues of the day, but when it comes to nuts -- specifically whether or not they belong in chocolate chip cookies -- it seems every politician is an island, Mr Yosses said. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)

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White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, accompanied by Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, Connecticut Independent., speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 29, 2010, after meeting with President Obama to discuss passing comprehensive energy and climate legislation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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**FILE** President Obama meets with Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on June 29, 2010. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this May 21, 2010, photo, Rep. Barney Frank (left), Massachusetts Democrat, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, and Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, Connecticut Democrat, who is Senate Banking Committee chairman, speak to reporters outside the White House after meeting with President Obama on banking-overhaul legislation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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From left, National Security Adviser James Jones, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, listen to President Obama speak to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 25, 2010, before traveling to Canada to attend the G-20 summit. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 25, 2010, before departing to Canada to attend the G-20 summit. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner watches from the West Wing Colonnade of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 25, 2010, as President Obama speaks to members of the media, prior to traveling to Canada to attend the G-20 summit. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Associated Press President Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev leave a news conference at the White House on Thursday. Mr. Obama said he succeeded in "resetting" the U.S.-Russia relationship.

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John O. Brennan, White House senior adviser on counterterrorism, says U.S.-born terrorists overseas are being targeted for "military response." J.M. EDDINS JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES

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*FILE PHOTO.* President Barack Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev take part in a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, left, seen during talks in the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/RAI-Novosti, Mikhail Klimenthev, Presidential Press Service)

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President Barack Obama waits to be announced before a joint news conference with Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev, Thursday, June 24, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Barack Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev arrive for their joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev take a question from a Russian journalist in the East Room of the White House following their meeting in Washington on June 24, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

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President Barack Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev take part in a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev take part in a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)