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President Barack Obama salutes at the top of the step as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Washington. President Obama forgot to salute the Marine at the base of the steps as he boarded so he came back out to shake hands with him. President Obama is traveling to Annapolis to deliver the commencement address at the United States Naval Academy -
President Barack Obama speaks at the commencement ceremony for the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Friday, May 24, 2013. The president urged new graduates to exhibit honor and courage in tackling incidents of sexual assault as they assume leadership positions in the military. -
President Barack Obama speaks at the commencement ceremony for the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Friday, May 24, 2013. The president urged new graduates to exhibit honor and courage in tackling incidents of sexual assault as they assume leadership positions in the military. -
Guests sit in the stands in the rain during the commencement ceremonyfor the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Friday, May 24, 2013. President Barack Obama urged new graduates to exhibit honor and courage in tackling incidents of sexual assault as they assume leadership positions in the military. -
A member of the 2013 graduating class of the United States Naval Academy peeks over the shoulder of a fellow graduates to listen to President Barack Obama during the commencement ceremony at the Academy in Annapolis, Md., Friday, May 24, 2013. The president urged new graduates to exhibit honor and courage in tackling incidents of sexual assault as they assume leadership positions in the military. -
Guests sit in the stands in the the rain showers at the commencement ceremony for the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Friday, May 24, 2013, where President Barack Obama addressed the graduates. -
President Barack Obama reacts to CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin as she shouts at him from the back of the auditorium during his speech about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. -
FILE - In this July 28, 2004, file photo, Harold Schaitberger, president of the International Association of Firefighters, addresses the delegates to the Democratic National Convention, in Boston. Some labor unions that initially backed President Barack Obama's health care overhaul are now frustrated and angry about what they say are unexpected consequences of the plan that could hurt their members. Schaitberger said unions have been forceful in seeking solutions from the Obama administration, but none have been forthcoming. -
FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama speaks at the AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic at Coney Island in Cincinnati. Some labor unions that initially backed Obama's health care overhaul are now frustrated and angry about what they say are unexpected consequences of the plan that could hurt their members. -
President Barack Obama pauses as his speech is interrupted by CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S. funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, and to redirect our resources into health care, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities. -
President Barack Obama talks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret. -
President Barack Obama pauses as his speech is interrupted by CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin, as he talked about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. -
President Barack Obama continues to speak about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, as CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin of Code Pink shouts from the back of the auditorium. -
In this May 22, 2013, photo, Lois Lerner listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email Thursday, May 23, 2013, that he has selected a new acting head of the division, staying within the IRS to find new leadership. -
CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin is surrounded by security as she shouts at President Barack Obama from the back of the auditorium during his speech about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. -
President Barack Obama continues to speaks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, as CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin of Code Pink shouted at him from the back of the auditorium. -
President Barack Obama reacts as his speech is interrupted by CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. -
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FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2013, file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, questions Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The committee's ranking Republican Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. listens at left. A long-simmering feud in the Senate between establishment Republicans and tea partyers breaks into full view, with McCain accusing younger colleagues of overplaying their hands and tempting Democrats to change Senate rules that protect the minority party. How to deal with the budget and debt become the latest quarrel in a string of them between McCain _ sometimes joined by other traditionalist Republicans _ and brash, tea party-champions such as Ted Cruz of Texas, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Mike Lee of Utah. -
In this May 21, 2013, photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., expresses his displeasure that Apple CEO Tim Cook was being brought before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee as the panel examines the methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore and how such activities are affected by the Internal Revenue Code, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A long-simmering feud in the Senate between establishment Republicans and tea partyers breaks into full view, with Sen. John McCain accusing younger colleagues of overplaying their hands and tempting Democrats to change Senate rules that protect the minority party. How to deal with the budget and debt become the latest quarrel in a string of them between McCain _ sometimes joined by other traditionalist Republicans _ and brash, tea party-champions such as Ted Cruz of Texas, Paul and Mike Lee of Utah. -
President Barack Obama reacts to a CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin as she shouts at him from the back of the auditorium as he talked about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. -
FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, Senate Energy Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Wyden says a website partially funded by the oil and gas industry is a constructive tool that could be used by federal regulators in requiring public disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations. -
FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2012 file photo, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., center, accompanied by fellow House members, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. House members writing a bipartisan immigration bill said Thursday they had patched over a dispute that threatened their efforts, even as they and the rest of Congress prepared to return home for a weeklong recess where many could confront voter questions on the issue. “I’m very pleased,” said Gutierrez. “We're going to get there. There's going to be justice done for our immigrant community.” -
FILE - In this May 22, 2013 file photo, House Judiciary Committee members Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, right, and Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev. talk on Capitol Hill in Washington. House members writing a bipartisan immigration bill said Thursday they had patched over a dispute that threatened their efforts, even as they and the rest of Congress prepared to return home for a weeklong recess where many could confront voter questions on the issue. Republicans in the group want to ensure that those immigrants don’t get taxpayer funded care and could be subject to deportation if they don’t pay their health bills, said Labrador. -
FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2011 file photo, Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. speaks at a news conference in Barre, Vt. Dismissing a veto threat from President Barack Obama, lawmakers in the Republican-led House approved legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets. -
FILE - This April 25, 2012 file photo shows House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman Rep. John Kline, R-Minn. speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Dismissing a veto threat from President Barack Obama, lawmakers in the Republican-led House approved legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets. -
President Barack Obama reacts as his speech is interrupted by CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin, as he talked about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. -
CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin is surrounded by security as she shouts at President Barack Obama during his speech on national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. She was removed from the auditorium. -
CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin interrupts President Barack Obama's national security speech, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. -
FILE - In this July 16, 2009 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, flags hang above the sign marking the Camp Justice compound, the site of the U.S. war crimes tribunal, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. President Barack Obama's speech national security speech Thursday is expected to reaffirm his national security priorities _ from homegrown terrorists to killer drones to the enemy combatants held at the military-run detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba _ but make no new sweeping policy announcements. -
President Barack Obama pauses while talking about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret. -
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens to a reporter's question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013. -
Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, left and his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny wave to the media prior to their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Samaras said that Greece would follow the “same successful model” as Ireland both of the EU presidency and to exit the crisis. Ireland’s EU presidency will finish in the end of June. Greece is scheduled to take over the EU's rotating six-month presidency in January 2014. -
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny attends a news conference with his Greek counterpart Antonis Samaras, unseen, after their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Samaras said that Greece would follow the “same successful model” as Ireland both of the EU presidency and to exit the crisis. Ireland’s EU presidency will finish in the end of June. Greece is scheduled to take over the EU's rotating six-month presidency in January 2014. -
Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras attends a news conference with his Irish counterpart Enda Kenny, unseen, after their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Samaras said that Greece would follow the “same successful model” as Ireland both of the EU presidency and to exit the crisis. Ireland’s EU presidency will finish in the end of June. Greece is scheduled to take over the EU's rotating six-month presidency in January 2014. -
FILE – In this May 15, 2013, file photo U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, pauses while testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Holder told the committee that a serious national security leak required the secret gathering of telephone records at The Associated Press. The Department's latest effort to examine who journalists are talking to highlights that government investigators are guided more by policy and the discretion of high-ranking officials than by specific laws or, in this case, any need to satisfy an independent federal judge. -
FILE - In this May 15, 2013 file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation's top law enforcement official, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. -
President Barack Obama talks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret. -
President Barack Obama talks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret. -
President Barack Obama talks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret. -
President Barack Obama talks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret. -
President Barack Obama talks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president Barack revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret. -
President Barack Obama talks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president Barack revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret. -
President Barack Obama talks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president Barack revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret. -
President Barack Obama talks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, the president Barack revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret. -
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he speaks during a roundtable discussion hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for him and Vice President Joe Biden,Thursday, May 16, 2013, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington. -
Chicago billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker, President Obama's pick for Commerce Secretary, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013, before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on her nomination. A longtime Obama friend who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for both of his presidential campaigns, Pritzker is facing scrutiny at a Senate confirmation hearing for her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001. -
Chicago billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker, President Obama's pick for Commerce Secretary, center, talks with Senate Majority Whip Sen. Richard Durbin of Ill., as she arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013, to testify before the Senate Commerce hearing on her nomination. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. is seated at right. -
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Sen. John D. Rockefeller, D-W.Va., questions Chicago billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker, President Obama's pick for Commerce Secretary, as she testifies at her nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013. -
Chicago billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker, President Obama's pick for Commerce Secretary, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013, before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on her nomination. A longtime Obama friend who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for both of his presidential campaigns, Pritzker is facing scrutiny at a Senate confirmation hearing for her ties to a subprime mortgage lender that failed in 2001. -
New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner speaks to reporters as he rides the subway to a radio appearance on the first day of his campaign, Thursday, May 23, 2013 in New York. Weiner, who ran for mayor in 2005 and nearly did in 2009, is getting into the race to succeed three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg about two years after a series of tawdry tweets, and obfuscating explanations that capsized his promising congressional career. -
New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner laughs with a police officer while greeting commuters during a campaign event outside a Harlem subway station, Thursday, May 23, 2013 in New York. Weiner, who ran for mayor in 2005 and nearly did in 2009, is getting into the race to succeed three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg about two years after a series of tawdry tweets, and obfuscating explanations that capsized his promising congressional career. -
New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner discusses his policies with a passerby while greeting commuters during a campaign event outside a Harlem subway station, Thursday, May 23, 2013 in New York. Weiner, who ran for mayor in 2005 and nearly did in 2009, is getting into the race to succeed three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg about two years after a series of tawdry tweets, and obfuscating explanations, capsized his promising congressional career. -
New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner speaks to reporters during a campaign event, Thursday, May 23, 2013 in New York. Weiner, who ran for mayor in 2005 and nearly did in 2009, is getting into the race to succeed three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg about two years after a series of tawdry tweets, and obfuscating explanations that capsized his promising congressional career. -
New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner rides the subway to a radio appearance on the first day of his campaign, Thursday, May 23, 2013 in New York. Weiner, who ran for mayor in 2005 and nearly did in 2009, is getting into the race to succeed three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg about two years after a series of tawdry tweets, and obfuscating explanations that capsized his promising congressional career. -
In his first campaign event, New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner greets commuters outside a Harlem subway station, Thursday, May 23, 2013 in New York. Weiner, who ran for mayor in 2005 and nearly did in 2009, is getting into the race to succeed three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg about two years after a series of tawdry tweets, and obfuscating explanations that capsized his promising congressional career. -
New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner poses for a photo with straphangers as he rides the subway to a radio appearance on the first day of his campaign, Thursday, May 23, 2013 in New York. Weiner, who ran for mayor in 2005 and nearly did in 2009, is getting into the race to succeed three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg about two years after a series of tawdry tweets, and obfuscating explanations that capsized his promising congressional career. -
New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner discusses his policies with a passerby while greeting commuters during a campaign event outside a Harlem subway station, Thursday, May 23, 2013 in New York. Weiner, who ran for mayor in 2005 and nearly did in 2009, is getting into the race to succeed three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg about two years after a series of tawdry tweets, and obfuscating explanations that capsized his promising congressional career. -
In his first campaign event, New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner greets commuters outside a Harlem subway station, Thursday, May 23, 2013 in New York. Weiner, who ran for mayor in 2005 and nearly did in 2009, is getting into the race to succeed three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg about two years after a series of tawdry tweets, and obfuscating explanations, that capsized his promising congressional career. -
New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner speaks to reporters during a campaign event, Thursday, May 23, 2013 in New York. Weiner, who ran for mayor in 2005 and nearly did in 2009, is getting into the race to succeed three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg about two years after a series of tawdry tweets, and obfuscating explanations that capsized his promising congressional career. -
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama watch as singer-songwriter Carole King performs after being presented the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during an East Room concert honoring King Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at the White House in Washington. -
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An FBI investigator enters the apartment where a man was shot by an FBI agent, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. The FBI says the man, being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation. -
FILE - In this April 19, 2012, file photo, a fence in the fog near the proposed new route for the Keystone XL pipeline several miles north of Neligh, Neb. House Republicans pushed a proposal Wednesday, May 22, 2013, to bypass the president to speed approval of the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport oil from Canada to Texas. Democrats criticized the plan as a blatant attempt to allow a foreign company to avoid environmental review. As debate opened, Republicans said the measure was needed to ensure the long-delayed pipeline is built. The bill was eventually approved, 241-175, largely along party lines. -
FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2013, file photo, Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz. gestures as he speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. House Republicans pushed a proposal Wednesday, May 22, 2013, to bypass the president to speed approval of the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport oil from Canada to Texas. Grijalva called the bill a "reckless attempt to avoid environmental review." As debate opened, Republicans said the measure was needed to ensure the long-delayed pipeline is built. The bill was eventually approved, 241-175, largely along party lines. -
FILE - In this May 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. The U.S. will refocus its attention on homegrown terror threats against Americans, President Barack Obama will say in a Thursday speech that is forecast as skimpy on any new sweeping policies. The move reflects the global fragmentation of al-Qaida’s top leaders as the U.S. tries to safeguard against attacks like last month’s deadly Boston Marathon bombings. -
White House press secretary Jay Carney gestures as he speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. At the briefing Carney announced that President Obama will travel to Oklahoma to visit tornado affected communities. -
Transportation Secretary nominee, Charlotte, N.C. Mayor Anthony Foxx testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on his nomination. -
Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit that decides whether to grant tax-exempt status to groups, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny the IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner later invoked her constitutional right to not answer questions and was dismissed by House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif. -
FILE - In this May 15, 2013, file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder gestures while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. Four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Holder said that in conducting U.S. counterterrorism operations against al-Qaida and its associated forces, the government has targeted and killed one American citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki. Al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric, was killed in a drone strike in September 2011 in Yemen. The administration released the information the day before President Barack Obama is scheduled to make a major speech on national security. -
Transportation Secretary nominee, Charlotte, N.C. Mayor Anthony Foxx testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on his nomination. -
This May 4, 2013 police photo provided by the Orange County Corrections Department in Orlando, Fla., shows Ibragim Todashev after his arrest for aggravated battery in Orlando. Todashev, who was being questioned in Orlando by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot Wednesday, May 22, 2013 when he initiated a violent confrontation, FBI officials said. -
WHITE HOUSE GATE CRASHERS:
White House gate crashers Michaele and Tareq Salahi declined to tell lawmakers in 2010 how they sailed past the Secret Service to attend President Barack Obama's first state dinner uninvited. They were shadowed to the dinner by a film crew for the TV show "Real Housewives of D.C." Mrs. Salahi became a regular and also appeared on "Celebrity Rehab." The Salahis have since divorced; last year she became engaged to rock guitarist Neal Schon of Journey. Neither of the Salahis faced criminal charges for party crashing. -
Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti arrives for an election night rally Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in the Hollywood area Los Angels. Garcetti defeated Controller Wendy Greuel to become next mayor of Los Angeles after a campaign in which he depicted his rival a pawn of powerful labor bosses. -
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel, center, joined by husband Dean Schramm, top right, and son Thomas, right, addresses her supporters at an election night party in Los Angeles, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Councilman Eric Garcetti held a slender edge Tuesday in early returns over city Controller Wendy Greuel to become the next Los Angeles mayor, while slow-coming returns suggested it could take a day or more until a winner emerges. -
Mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel speaks during a news conference Wednesday May 22, 2013 in Los Angeles where she discussed her loss to Eric Garcetti in the Los Angeles Mayor's race. -
First lady Michelle Obama talks to schoolchildren from Willow Springs Elementary School in Fairfax, Va., after they performed part of a play at the Decatur House, a National Trust for Historic Preservation Site and home to the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History, in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The events were part of an announcement of a major philanthropic effort to preserve the Decatur House. -
First lady Michelle Obama reacts as she surprises schoolchildren from Willow Springs Elementary School in Fairfax, Va., before they performed part of a play at the Decatur House, a National Trust for Historic Preservation Site and home to the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History, in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The events were part of an announcement of a major philanthropic effort to preserve the Decatur House.1 -
FILE - In this June 6, 2012 file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, second from left, and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch are greeted by the governor's cabinet and staff at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison a day after Walker won a recall election. Another year, another campaign. Walker is gearing up for re-election next year, his third race in four years. But his courting of outside-the-state donors and conservatives, plans to visit Iowa this week and refusal to say whether he would serve out another full term suggest he might be seeking a much bigger prize _ the presidency. -
FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2012, file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, right, speaks as President Barack Obama meets with members of the National Governors Association regarding the fiscal cliff in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington. Counter clockwise, from Walker are, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, Budget Director Jeff Zients, White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs David Agnew, , Director of National Economic Council Gene Sperling, NGA Vice Chair, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, and the president Another year, another campaign. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is gearing up for re-election next year, his third race in four years. But his courting of outside-the-state donors and conservatives, plans to visit Iowa this week and refusal to say whether he would serve out another full term suggest he might be seeking a much bigger prize _ the presidency. -
FILE - In this March 16, 2013, file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker gestures as he speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md. Another year, another campaign. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is gearing up for re-election next year, his third race in four years. But his courting of outside-the-state donors and conservatives, plans to visit Iowa this week and refusal to say whether he would serve out another full term suggest he might be seeking a much bigger prize _ the presidency. -
First lady Michelle Obama reacts as she surprises schoolchildren from Willow Springs Elementary School in Fairfax, Va., before they performed part of a play at the Decatur House, a National Trust for Historic Preservation Site and home to the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History, in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The events were part of an announcement of a major philanthropic effort to preserve the Decatur House. -
First lady Michelle Obama greets surprised schoolchildren from Willow Springs Elementary School in Fairfax, Va., at the Decatur House, a National Trust for Historic Preservation Site and home to the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History, in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The events were part of an announcement of a major philanthropic effort to preserve the Decatur House. -
First lady Michelle Obama gives a thumbs up to students from Willow Springs Elementary School in Fairfax, Va., after they performed part of a play at the Decatur House, a National Trust for Historic Preservation Site and home to the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History, in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The events were part of an announcement of a major philanthropic effort to preserve the Decatur House. Sixth-grader Aidean LeBlanc, who plays President Abraham Lincoln, sits at right. -
First lady Michelle Obama is surrounded by schoolchildren from Willow Springs Elementary School in Fairfax, Va., after they performed part of a play at the Decatur House, a National Trust for Historic Preservation Site and home to the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History, in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The events were part of an announcement of a major philanthropic effort to preserve the Decatur House.1 -
FILE - This May 15, 2013 file photo shows stacks of paperwork awaiting members of the House Agriculture Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, as it met to consider proposals to the 2013 Farm Bill. The Senate has rejected an amendment By Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states. -
FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2013 file photo, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate has rejected Inhofe's amendment to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states. -
FBI investigators walk near the crime scene of an apartment where a man was shot by an FBI agent, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. The man who was shot and killed by the agent early this morning was friends with the Boston bombings suspects, according to a friend of the victim. -
In this May 4, 2013 police mug provided by the Orange County Corrections Department in Orlando, Fla., shows Ibragim Todashev after his arrest for aggravated battery in Orlando. Todashev, who was being questioned in Orlando by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot Wednesday, May 22, 2013 when he initiated a violent confrontation, FBI officials said. -
An FBI investigator enters the apartment where a man was shot by an FBI agent, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. The FBI says the man, being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation. -
OLIVER NORTH AND JOHN M. POINDEXTER
Oliver North and John M. Poindexter, national security aides to President Ronald Reagan, initially pleaded the Fifth during the Iran-Contra hearings in 1986. North, a Marine lieutenant colonel, said lawyers advised him to "avail myself of the protections provided by that same Constitution that I have fought to support and defend." North and Poindexter later testified in televised hearings under a deal that promised them limited immunity. That grant of immunity eventually would lead an appeals court to overturn their criminal convictions. -
MARK McGWIRE
Former St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire, one of the biggest stars of baseball, wouldn't answer questions at a 2005 hearing on steroid use. He was asked again and again: Did he use illegal steroids to hit a then-record 70 home runs in 1998? Choking back tears at times, McGwire said his lawyers advised him not to answer. "I'm not here to talk about the past," he said. Years later, McGwire acknowledged use of steroids and human growth hormone. -
CHARLES KEATING JR.
Charles Keating Jr. declined to answer questions in 1989 at a hearing on the collapse of his Lincoln Savings and Loan, which wiped out many investors' life savings and cost taxpayers $3.4 billion. Keating departed in a Cadillac limousine, leaving behind a press release that blamed the bank's troubles on bad federal regulations and took a swipe at lawmakers' competence. The case was a flashpoint in the larger S&L bankruptcy crisis and sparked the Keating Five ethics investigation of senators who intervened with regulators on the banker's behalf. Keating was convicted of fraud and served five years in prison. -
FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2002 file photo, former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay gives brief remarks before he exercised his constitutional rights and refused to testify before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lois Lerner of the IRS joins a diverse roll call of people who have invoked their Fifth Amendment right not to answer lawmakers’ questions over the years. -
FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2010 file photo, Tareq Salahi and Michaele Salahi wait to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Homeland Security Committee. Lois Lerner of the IRS joins a diverse roll call of people who have invoked their Fifth Amendment right not to answer lawmakers’ questions over the years. -
IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. -
IRS official Lois Lerner arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. -
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. holds up a document as he speaks to IRS official Lois Lerner on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, during the committee's hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. -
IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. -
IRS official Lois Lerner arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. -
From left, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George, former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, Lois Lerner, head of the IRS unit that decides whether to grant tax-exempt status to groups, and Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin, are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, prior to testifying before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. -
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. holds up a document as he speaks to IRS official Lois Lerner on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, during the committee's hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. -
IRS official Lois Lerner arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. -
FILE - In this June 16, 2011 file photo, Anthony Weiner speaks at a news conference in New York. The Democratic ex-congressman who resigned over raunchy tweets said late Tuesday, May 21, 2013, that he's in the New York City mayoral race. Although the field is crowded for September's primary, Weiner is arriving with some significant advantages, including a $4.8 million campaign war chest, polls showing him ahead of all but one other Democrat, and no end of name recognition. -
Investigators stand outside an apartment complex where a man was fatally shot when a team of FBI agents swarmed his home early Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. The FBI says the man, being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation. -
Police officers block the entrance to an apartment complex where man was fatally shot, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Orlando, Fla. The FBI says the man, being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe, was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation. -
FILE - In this June 2, 2012 file photo, House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass. speaks in Springfield, Mass. Determined to check the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the armed forces, a House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to longstanding military law. They include stripping commanding officers of their unilateral authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction and requiring that service members found guilty of sexual offenses be dismissed or dishonorably discharged. -
File-This June 16, 2011 file photo shows Anthony Weiner speaking to the media during a news conference in New York. The ex-congressman who resigned over raunchy tweets said late Tuesday may 21, 2013, that he's in the New York City mayoral race. He had said last month he was considering it. The Democrat is jumping into a crowded field for September's primary. He's arriving with some significant advantages, including a $4.8 million campaign war chest, polls showing him ahead of all but one other Democrat, and no end of name recognition. -
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., left, and the subcommittee's ranking Republican Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, for the subcommittee's hearing to examine the methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore and how such activities are affected by the Internal Revenue Code. A string of unrelated events are highlighting divisions among Republicans, just when they’d like to show a united front and take full advantage of President Barack Obama’s latest political problems. -
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., expresses his displeasure that Apple CEO Tim Cook was being brought before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee as the panel examines the methods employed by multinational corporations to shift profits offshore and how such activities are affected by the Internal Revenue Code, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington. A string of unrelated events are highlighting divisions among Republicans, just when they’d like to show a united front and take full advantage of President Barack Obama’s latest political problems. Tensions between libertarian-leaning and more mainstream Republicans were on vivid display Tuesday, as Sens. Paul and John McCain clashed over Apple Inc.’s tax-avoidance strategies. -
File-This June 16, 2011 file photo shows Anthony Weiner speaking to the media during a news conference in New York. The ex-congressman who resigned over raunchy tweets said late Tuesday may 21, 2013, that he's in the New York City mayoral race. He had said last month he was considering it. The Democrat is jumping into a crowded field for September's primary. He's arriving with some significant advantages, including a $4.8 million campaign war chest, polls showing him ahead of all but one other Democrat, and no end of name recognition. -
Several dozen tea party activists and other concerned citizens, wave signs and small American flags as they march outside the main Internal Revenue Service office on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix. The rally was one of many around the country after IRS officials acknowledged that some conservative groups received inappropriate attention and questioning. -
File-This June 16, 2011 file photo shows Anthony Weiner speaking to the media during a news conference in New York. The ex-congressman who resigned over raunchy tweets said late Tuesday may 21, 2013, that he's in the New York City mayoral race. He had said last month he was considering it. The Democrat is jumping into a crowded field for September's primary. He's arriving with some significant advantages, including a $4.8 million campaign war chest, polls showing him ahead of all but one other Democrat, and no end of name recognition. -
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, following the Democratic policy luncheon Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Despite years of hand-wringing in both parties, little progress has been made toward changing congressional rules on filibusters, senatorial “holds” on presidential nominees and other stalling ploys. -
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, following the Republican policy luncheon, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Despite years of hand-wringing in both parties, little progress has been made toward changing congressional rules on filibusters, senatorial “holds” on presidential nominees and other stalling ploys. -
FILE - In this May 20, 2013 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., left, confers with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., as the Senate Judiciary Committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Leading senators working on immigration legislation reached a compromise Tuesday on the details of an expanded high-tech visa program, officials said as the Senate Judiciary Committee neared completion of its work on the measure. At the same time, several officials said the White House has made it known to Leahy that it would prefer postponing a showdown over the rights of same sex spouses until a vote in the full Senate. -
Coalition for Life of Iowa president Sue Martinek holds a sign in her home, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When the Coalition applied for tax-exempt status in 2008, the tiny group thought getting IRS approval would be easy. But the group faced months of delay, was ordered to provide details about its prayer events outside the local Planned Parenthood clinic, and even directed to sign a sworn statement pledging it would not organize protests there. -
Coalition for Life of Iowa member Ron Digmann holds his Rosary while praying outside the Planned Parenthood clinic, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When the Coalition applied for tax-exempt status in 2008, the tiny group thought getting IRS approval would be easy. But the group faced months of delay, was ordered to provide details about its prayer events outside the clinic, and even directed to sign a sworn statement pledging it would not organize protests there. -
Coalition for Life of Iowa members Marty Lammers, left, and Ron Digmann, right, pray the Rosary outside the Planned Parenthood clinic, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When the Coalition applied for tax-exempt status in 2008, the tiny group thought getting IRS approval would be easy. But the group faced months of delay, was ordered to provide details about its prayer events outside the clinic, and even directed to sign a sworn statement pledging it would not organize protests there. -
Coalition for Life of Iowa member Ron Digmann walks in front of the Planned Parenthood clinic, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When the Coalition applied for tax-exempt status in 2008, the tiny group thought getting IRS approval would be easy. But the group faced months of delay, was ordered to provide details about its prayer events outside the clinic, and even directed to sign a sworn statement pledging it would not organize protests there. -
FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2012, file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., pauses to speak with reporters at the Capitol as Senate and House leaders rush to assemble a last-ditch agreement to head off the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect Jan. 1, in Washington. Rogers has pulled off a somewhat rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress: He’s created a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation’s many spy agencies. The question now is whether Rogers sticks around in the House or fulfills GOP hopes and runs for the U.S. Senate seat from Michigan. -
FILE - In this April 26, 2013, file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., walks to a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rogers has pulled off a somewhat rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress: He’s created a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation’s many spy agencies. The question now is whether Rogers sticks around in the House or fulfills GOP hopes and runs for the U.S. Senate seat from Michigan. -
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said at Bait Al Baraka in Muscat, Oman, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. -
In this May 20, 2013, photo, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor smiles after receiving a Honorary Doctor of Laws during commencement at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. Among her messages to graduates of Yale Law School, where Sotomayor received her law degree in 1979: A justice’s life isn’t all glamour. -
FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2013 file photo, former Bell, Calif., city officials, from left, Luis Artiga, Teresa Jacobo, George Cole, Oscar Hernandez and Victor Bello appear for a city corruption trial in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom. Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Tuesday, May 21, 2013, they intend to retry five former Bell city officials already convicted of misappropriating public funds by collecting exorbitant salaries. Artiga was acquitted; the other four plus George Mirabal, not shown, were convicted in March, but jurors deadlocked on a handful of counts against each of them. -
FILE – In this March 30, 2010, file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. trooper stands in the turret of a vehicle with a machine gun, left, as a guard looks out from a tower at the detention facility of Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. -
A member of a security team, left, talks with a local resident who was allowed by security officers into a virtually sealed off neighborhood, amid the rubble of destroyed homes, one day after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds. -
An aerial view shows the Monday tornado's path through a residential area Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school. -
Dr. Ernest Moniz speaks after being sworn in as Energy Secretary, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during a ceremony at the Energy Department in Washington. Moniz, 68, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, replaces Steven Chu, who served as energy secretary in President Barack Obama's first term. Moniz served as an energy undersecretary in the Clinton administration. -
Dr. Ernest Moniz, left, hugs his wife Naomi, center, ad shakes hands with Deputy Energy Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman, right, after Poneman administered the oath of office to Moniz as Energy Secretary of Energy, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during a ceremony at the Energy Department in Washington. -
Dr. Ernest Moniz waves to the audience before the start of a ceremony where he was sworn in as Energy Secretary, Tuesday, May 21, 2103, at the Energy Department in Washington. -
Dr. Ernest Moniz, left, responds to a noise as he stands with his wife Naomi, center, as Deputy Energy Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman, right, administers the oath of office to Moniz who was sworn in as Energy Secretary of Energy, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during a ceremony at the Energy Department in Washington. -
Ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, center, flanked by former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, right, and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, listens on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. -
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., listens as Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew testifies before the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Lew said the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups was "unacceptable and inexcusable" and he has directed the agency's acting director to hold people accountable. -
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, before the Senate Banking Committee. Lew said the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) targeting of conservative political groups was "unacceptable and inexcusable" and he has directed the agency's acting director to hold people accountable. -
FILE - This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a cameraman filming one of U.S. consulate burnt out offices after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. The U.S. has identified five men they believe might be behind the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and have enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists _ but not enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian criminal court, the process the Obama administration prefers, U.S. officials said. -
President Barack Obama, left, walks away from the podium after talking about the Oklahoma tornado and severe weather, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Earlier, the president will met with his disaster response team to talk about the tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday. At right is Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. -
President Barack Obama, right, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, talks about the Oklahoma tornado and severe weather, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Earlier, the president met with his disaster response team to talk about the tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday. -
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. left, accompanied by the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, questions ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during the committee's hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. -
Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti gets a kiss from his wife Amy Wakeland, as they vote early Tuesday morning, May 21, 2013, in Los Angeles. Garcetti faces Wendy Greuel in the mayoral runoff election. -
Wendy Greuel votes, standing by her son, Thomas Schramm, during early voting in the Los Angeles mayoral race Tuesday May 21, 2013 in Los Angeles. A scant turnout is expected Tuesday when voters choose between two City Hall regulars who vie to succeed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. -
Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti votes early Tuesday morning, May 21, 2013, in Los Angeles. Garcetti faces Wendy Greuel in a mayoral runoff. After months of buildup and millions of dollars spent on a blizzard of television ads and mailers, Los Angeles voters went to the polls Tuesday to choose between Garcetti and Wendy Greuel. -
Candidate Wendy Greuel waves to supporters after casting her ballot in the Los Angeles mayoral race Tuesday May 21, 2013, in Los Angeles. A scant turnout is expected Tuesday when voters choose between two City Hall regulars to succeed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa -
FILE - This undated file photo shows al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. A federal appeals court is backing the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia turned down an appeal Tuesday from Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, which had filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the images. -
former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. -
Ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, right, shakes hands with former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, prior to testifying before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. -
Ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, left, and former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, prior to testifying before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. -
Ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, left, and former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman arrive on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013., to testify before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. -
President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, Vice President Joe Biden, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino. talks about the Oklahoma tornado and severe weather, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. -
FILE - In this May 13, 2013, file photo, the screen on the phone console is seen at the reception desk at The Associated Press Washington bureau. The Justice Department’s latest effort to examine who journalists are talking to _ the secret subpoena of Associated Press phone records from April and May of last year _ demonstrates how government investigators are guided more by policy and the judgments of high-ranking officials than by specific laws or, in this case, the need to satisfy an independent federal judge. -
FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2012, file photo, then-Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Shulman heads to Capitol Hill on May 21, 2013, giving lawmakers their first opportunity to question the man who ran the agency when agents were improperly targeting tea party groups. Lawmakers want to know what Shulman knew and when he knew it. They also want to know why Shulman didn’t tell Congress that agents had been singling out conservative political groups for additional scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status _ even after he was briefed. -
FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2012, file photo, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley speaks during Sen. Tom Harkin's annual fundraising steak fry in Indianola, Iowa. His latest legislative achievements put him on the vanguard of his party's liberal base. He was a top fundraiser for President Barack Obama. And he's ramping up his travel to help fellow Democrats around the country. Little-known outside his home state, O'Malley has methodically checked the necessary boxes toward earning the reputation of good Democratic soldier as he considers whether to run for president in 2016 _ a White House bid that would face long odds. -
FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2013, file photo, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley delivers his sState of the State address in Annapolis Md. His latest legislative achievements put him on the vanguard of his party's liberal base. He was a top fundraiser for President Barack Obama. And he's ramping up his travel to help fellow Democrats around the country. Little-known outside his home state, O'Malley has methodically checked the necessary boxes toward earning the reputation of good Democratic soldier as he considers whether to run for president in 2016 _ a White House bid that would face long odds. -
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as the committee assembles to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions. The panel is aiming to pass the legislation out of committee this week, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor. -
Senate Judiciary Committee members Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill. confer on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as the committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions. The panel is aiming to pass the legislation out of committee this week, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor. -
Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie speaks at the National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems in Honolulu on Monday, May 20, 2013. Organizers of an annual conference for people who manage more than $3 trillion in public sector pension funds in the U.S. and Canada say a significant number of administrators are skipping this year's meeting in Hawaii to avoid the perception they're wasting money by heading to the island paradise. -
Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie poses for photos with Hank Kim, executive director of the National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems, after giving a speech to open the conference in Honolulu on Monday, May 20, 2013. -
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the New Hampshire Republican State Committee Liberty Dinner, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Concord , N.H. -
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., hugs New Hampshire State GOP chairwoman Jennifer Horn as he is introduced at the New Hampshire Republican State Committee Liberty Dinner, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Concord , N.H. -
A child is carried from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School following a tornado in Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. -
FILE - In this March 7, 2013, file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. is questioned by reporters in an elevator as he leaves a GOP policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Paul and Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus are distancing themselves from conservatives who suggested in recent days that President Barack Obama could face impeachment for the developing scandal at the Internal Revenue Service. -
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney gestures as he speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May, 20, 2013. Carney spoke on various subjects including the recent scandals involving the IRS and Justice Department. -
FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2012 file photo, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, center, fields questions from reporters as he walks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Foreigners leaving the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators added Monday to a sweeping immigration bill. "This is an agreement that we need to build toward a biometric visa exit system," said Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who offered the amendment by Hatch, who was absent Monday. "Implementing this biometric exit system is long overdue." -
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee makes a point on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as lawmakers work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions. The panel is aiming to pass the legislation out of committee this week, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor. -
Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., joins other members of the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as lawmakers work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions. The panel is aiming to pass the legislation out of committee this week, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor. -
FILE - In this May 15, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. It might have seemed a no-win situation to the White House: either keep President Barack Obama in the dark about a looming investigation into political targeting by the Internal Revenue Service or blur legal lines by telling him about an independent audit. -
FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2010 file photo White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. It might have seemed a no-win situation to the White House: either keep President Barack Obama in the dark about a looming investigation into political targeting by the Internal Revenue Service or blur legal lines by telling him about an independent audit. -
FILE - In this May 9, 2013 file photo, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. It might have seemed a no-win situation to the White House: either keep President Barack Obama in the dark about a looming investigation into political targeting by the Internal Revenue Service or blur legal lines by telling him about an independent audit. -
FILE - In this May 10, 2006 file photo, then-federal prosecutor, now White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler is seen in Houston. It might have seemed a no-win situation to the White House: either keep President Barack Obama in the dark about a looming investigation into political targeting by the Internal Revenue Service or blur legal lines by telling him about an independent audit. -
President Barack Obama gestures toward Myanmar's President Thein Sein during their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013. Thein Sein is the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years. -
Myanmar's President Thein Sein adjusts his glasses while meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013. Thein Sein is the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years. -
President Barack Obama listens as Myanmar's President Thein Sein makes a statement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013. Thein Sein is the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years. -
This handout photo provided by Jamill Noorata, taken May 3, 2012, shows Shamiur Rahman, left, sitting with Siraj Wahhaj at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan, New York. The New York Police Department defends its surveillance of Muslims as narrowly focused in a new court filing in a civil rights lawsuit. But text messages between a detective and an informant obtained by The Associated Press reveal wide-ranging efforts to get Muslims to privately make incriminating statements about jihad. By Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman. -
This undated handout photo obtained by The Associated Press shows New York Detective Stephen Hoban. The New York Police Department defends its surveillance of Muslims as narrowly focused in a new court filing in a civil rights lawsuit. But text messages between a detective and an informant obtained by The Associated Press reveal wide-ranging efforts to get Muslims to privately make incriminating statements about jihad. -
FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2012, file photo Arkansas State Treasurer Martha Shoffner at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. An affidavit filed Monday, May 20, 2013, in federal court alleges that Shoffner, arrested on an extortion charge, repeatedly took cash payments of at least $36,000, sometimes rolled up and hidden inside a pie box, from a broker who invested state money. -
Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a meeting with Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota at the State Department in Washington Monday, May 20, 2013. Kerry is heading back to the Middle East this week to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia. -
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Madeline Nicole Kreyger, from Santa Barbara, Calif., casts her vote at a polling station on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo. As a divisive legislative session ended this month, Colorado Democrats muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots. It's the latest _ and most substantial _ development in a nationwide Democratic Party effort to strike back at two years of Republican success in passing measures to require identification at polling places and purge rolls of suspect voters. -
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Roland and Natalie Jones embrace as President Barack Obama is predicted as the winner over challenger Mitt Romney at a Colorado Democrat's election party at the Sheraton Hotel in Denver. As a divisive legislative session ended this month, Colorado Democrats muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots. It's the latest _ and most substantial _ development in a nationwide Democratic Party effort to strike back at two years of Republican success in passing measures to require identification at polling places and purge rolls of suspect voter. -
In this May 14, 2013 photo, Tom Zawistowki, founder of the nonprofit Ohio Liberty Coalition, one of the region’s largest groups affiliated with the national tea party movement, poses with a binder of documents he gave to the IRS, in Kent, Ohio. For years, Ohio Liberty Coalition would raise thousands of dollars to bus activists to rallies, run phone banks, rent a tent at a local fair, and knock on roughly 40,000 doors across Ohio to challenge the president and his fellow Democrats in the 2012 elections. Tea party movement leaders say IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups for extra scrutiny is helping pump new energy into the coalition. -
U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Sandy, Utah. Hatch says staffers at the Internal Revenue Service, which recently apologized for unfairly targeting tea party groups, "are either deliberately incompetent or they are evil." Hatch mentioned the IRS scandal while addressing thousands of fellow Republicans in Sandy on Saturday for the state party's annual organizing convention. Hatch says the IRS scandal is more concerning than almost anything else he's seen in the 36 years he's been in the U.S. Senate. -
FILE – In this April 21, 2013 file photo U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey. Monday, May 20, 2013, Kerry heads back to the Mideast to press the case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia. -
President Barack Obama walks off of Marine One on the South Lawn after returning to the White House in Washington, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Obama delivered the commencement address at Morehouse College earlier in the day in Atlanta. -
FILE - In this July 18, 2012 file photo, Ruth Moore of Milbridge, Maine, who was raped twice while serving in the Navy, testifies before the Veterans Affairs subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington. More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for mental health and substance abuse problems connected to military sexual trauma and another 4,000 sought disability compensation, underscoring the staggering, long-term impact of this emerging crisis. -
Chart displays the rise in percentage of veteran disability claims for military sexual trauma that have been approved since 2011. -
President Barack Obama walks on the South Lawn after returning to the White House in Washington, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Obama delivered the commencement address at Morehouse College earlier in the day in Atlanta. -
President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Atlanta, en route to Washington after attending the Morehouse College commencement and a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) event. -
President Barack Obama speaks during a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) event at the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Atlanta. -
President Barack Obama receives an honorary degree from Robert Davidson, Chair of the Board of Trustees, partially visible, during the Morehouse College 129th Commencement ceremony, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Atlanta. Morehouse is the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni. It is Obama's second graduation speech of the year. -
ADDS THE IDENTITY OF THE SECOND MAN IN THE PHOTO - President Barack Obama receives an honorary degree from Robert Davidson, Chair of the Board of Trustees, partially visible, during the Morehouse College 129th Commencement ceremony, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Atlanta. Morehouse is the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni. It is Obama's second graduation speech of the year. -
President Barack Obama waves to a crowd gathered at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on his way to give the commencement speech at Morehouse College, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Atlanta. -
President Barack Obama smiles during prayer at the Morehouse College 129th Commencement ceremony, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Atlanta. -
President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during the Morehouse College 129th Commencement ceremony, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Atlanta. Morehouse is the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni. It is Obama's second graduation speech of the year. -
In this Sunday, May 19, 2013, photo provided by CBS News, Gary Pruitt, the President and CEO of the Associated Press, discusses the leak investigation that led to his reporters' phone records being subpoenaed by the Justice Department on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington. Pruitt says DoJ's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional", and that the secret subpoena of reporters' phone records has made sources less willing to talk to AP journalists. -
In this Sunday, May 19, 2013, photo provided by CBS News, Gary Pruitt, the President and CEO of the Associated Press, discusses the leak investigation that led to his reporters' phone records being subpoenaed by the Justice Department on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington. Pruitt says DoJ's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional", and that the secret subpoena of reporters' phone records has made sources less willing to talk to AP journalists. -
In this Sunday, May 19, 2013, photo provided by CBS News, Gary Pruitt, the President and CEO of the Associated Press, discusses the leak investigation that led to his reporters' phone records being subpoenaed by the Justice Department on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington. Pruitt says the Justice Department's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional", and he said that the secret subpoena of reporters' phone records has made sources less willing to talk to AP journalists. -
In this Sunday, May 19, 2013, photo provided by CBS News White House senior advisor Dan Pfeiffer speaks on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington. Pfeiffer was scheduled to appear on five Sunday news shows Sunday, where he stated no senior officials were involved in the decision to give tea party groups extra scrutiny by the IRS. -
In this Sunday, May 19, 2013, photo provided by CBS News White House senior advisor Dan Pfeiffer appears on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington. Pfeiffer was scheduled to appear on five Sunday news shows Sunday, where he stated no senior officials were involved in the decision to give tea party groups extra scrutiny by the IRS. -
FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2013 file photo President Barack Obama, and White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer, right, react to a reporter's question as they leave the Treasury Department in Washington. Trying to move past a challenging week that put the White House on the defensive, Pfeiffer was scheduled to appear on five Sunday, May 19, 2013, news shows to repeat the administration's position that no senior officials were involved in the decision to give tea party groups extra scrutiny."The activity was outrageous and inexcusable, and it was stopped and it needs to be fixed to ensure it never happens again," Pfeiffer said. -
FILE – In this May 16, 2013 file photo Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., chair of the Tea Party Caucus, center, speaks during a news conference with Tea Party leaders about the IRS targeting Tea Party groups on Capitol Hill in Washington. Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest tea party movement's leaders think it is getting its groove back. They say the IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups for extra scrutiny is helping pump new energy into the coalition. -
FILE – In this May 17, 2013 file photo Justin Binik-Thomas, a former Cincinnati Tea Party spokesman and owner of Conservative Media Group of Deer Park, Ohio, speaks in the hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a break in the hearing about the extra scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest tea party movement's leaders think it is getting its groove back. They say the IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups for extra scrutiny is helping pump new energy into the coalition. -
FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2009, file photo Senior White House Adviser David Axelrod, left, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, right, leave with President Barack Obama, not shown, from the White House in Washington. Obama allies and former top aides are worried he has lost his voice on his central theme of economic opportunity, silenced by a trio of recent troubles. Axelrod and Gibbs are pressing Obama's current aides to let the president stake out a big vision once again, not only to put a focus on his second term but to move away from the controversies engulfing the White House. -
FILED – In this Aug. 11, 2009, file photo Senior White House Adviser David Axelrod, right, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, left, leave the White House in Washington with President Barack Obama, not shown, en route to New Hampshire for a town hall meeting. Obama allies and former top aides are worried he has lost his voice on his central theme of economic opportunity, silenced by a trio of recent troubles. Axelrod and Gibbs are pressing Obama's current aides to let the president stake out a big vision once again, not only to put a focus on his second term but to move away from the controversies engulfing the White House. -
FILE - In this Friday, May 17, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore. President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College on Sunday, May 19, 2013, the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among its alumni. -
First lady Michelle Obama hugs Jenika Headley-Greene as Obama hands out diplomas during the graduation ceremony for Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High School, Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. -
First lady Michelle Obama jokes with a student as she hands out diplomas during the graduation ceremony for Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Magnet High School on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. -
First lady Michelle Obama hugs a student as she hands out diplomas at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Magnet High School graduation on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. -
First lady Michelle Obama delivers the commencement address to graduates of Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Magnet High School on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. -
FILE – In this March 4, 2013 file photo President Barack Obama talks to media at the start of a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. With Obama, from left are Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Obama, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. Saturday, May 18, 2013, Obama took Sebelius and LaHood to Andrews Air Force Base for round of golf, in the rain. LaHood is running the Transportation Department until the Senate confirms Obama's choice of Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx as successor. -
President Barack Obama speaks about jobs, at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". -
Ousted IRS chief Steven Miller, right, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 17,2013, before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the extra scrutiny the IRS gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. At left is J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration. -
House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, left, waves a constituent's application to the IRS that was delayed, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, during the committee's hearing on the extra scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. From left are, Tiberi, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, and Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich. -
First lady Michelle Obama delivers the commencement address to graduates of Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Magnet High School on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. -
First lady Michelle Obama is introduced to deliver the commencement address to graduates of Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Magnet High School on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. At right is teacher Carmen Mullins. -
First lady Michelle Obama, right, applauds as students enter the arena for the commencement ceremony of Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Magnet High School on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. With her are Dr. Jesse Register, left, director of Nashville schools, and Schunn Turner, principal, center. -
First lady Michelle Obama, right, talks with Dr. Jesse Register, left, director of Nashville schools, and Schunn Turner, principal, center, on stage for the commencement ceremony of Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Magnet High School on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. -
FILE – In this Jan.23, 2013, file photo U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham pounds her fist as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Republicans and Democrats began condemning each other's response to Benghazi within hours of the first shots fired. The issue has flared and dimmed ever since, revived by new testimony, reports or documents like newly released emails. -
In this photo taken May 13, 2013, President Barack Obama defends his administration's actions in the wake of the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year, calling Congressional criticism a political sideshow during a joint news conference with visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron, not shown, at the White House in Washington. The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute. -
FILE – In this Nov. 27, 2012, file photo Senate Armed Services Committee members, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., foreground, and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., speak to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington after meeting with UN Ambassador Susan Rice to discuss statements she made about the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya that killed four Americans. Republicans and Democrats began condemning each other's response to Benghazi within hours of the first shots fired. The issue has flared and dimmed ever since, revived by new testimony, reports or documents like newly released emails. -
FILE – In this May 8, 2013, file photo House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., left, welcomes Gregory Hicks, former deputy chief of mission in Libya, number two in rank to slain U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, as he Hicks arrives to testify about last year's deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on Capitol Hill in Washington. At right is Eric Nordstrom, the State Department's former regional security officer in Libya. Congressional Republicans are looking for evidence of incompetence and cover-up in the ashes of the Sept. 11 anniversary attack. -
Virginia Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, talks with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, right, during a dinner as part of the Virginia Republican convention in Richmond, Va., Friday, May 17, 2013. -
In this photo taken June 29, 2011, photo Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Whitehouse is among a small group in the Senate pushing campaign finance reform measures that would force outside groups to disclose their donors. The Internal Revenue Service has endured withering criticism for its scrutiny of conservative political groups during the 2012 elections. "The IRS goes AWOL when wealthy and powerful forces want to break the law in order to hide their wrongful efforts and secret political influence," he says. "Picking on the little guy is a pretty lousy thing to do." -
FILE – In this April 9, 2013, file photo Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., left, talks with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Capitol Hill in Washington. A Senate investigative panel led by Levin and McCain has been reviewing the use of the social welfare groups for political causes for the past year. The lawmakers had planned a hearing on the subject but postponed it following the Internal Revenue Service disclosure, so it could examine the agency's handling of the tax-exempt reviews. The IRS has endured withering criticism for its scrutiny of conservative political groups during the 2012 elections. -
FILE – In this May 16, 2013, file photo Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder and national coordinator of the Tea Party Patriots, speaks during a news conference with Tea Party leaders, including Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., chair of the Tea Party Caucus, left, about the IRS' targeting Tea Party groups on Capitol Hill in Washington. "I think the IRS' integrity is shattered," said Martin. Tea Party Patriots, a fierce Obama critic, was among the largest nonprofit conservative groups targeted by the IRS; the group raised $20.2 million in 2011, up from $706,000 just two years earlier, according to tax filings. -
President Barack Obama attends a roundtable at the Center for Urban Families (CFUF) in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". CFUF is a Baltimore non-profit whose mission is to strengthen urban communities by helping fathers and families achieve stability and economic success. -
House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., center, questions the ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service Steven Miller, lower right, as the Republican-run committee held a hearing on the extra scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status, Friday, May 17, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Top row, from left are, Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp , R-Mich., and the committee's ranking Democrat Rep. Sander Levin, D-Michigan, D-Mich. Front row, from left are, Rep. Todd Young, R-Ind., Kelly, and Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark. -
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FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., stands with supporters as he waits to do a television interview at an election-night party in Augusta, Ga. Barrow and former Rep. Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin in South Dakota, two top-tier Democratic prospects, recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota, decisions that highlighted both divisions within the party and its challenge of finding candidates whose ideologies line up with voters in Republican-leaning states. -
FILE - In this June 26, 2010 file photo shows former South Dakota U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin in Sioux Falls, S.D. Herseth-Sandlin and Rep. John Barrow in Georgia, two top-tier Democratic prospects, recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota, decisions that highlighted both divisions within the party and its challenge of finding candidates whose ideologies line up with voters in Republican-leaning states. -
FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama, left, stands next to Myanmar President Thein Sein during a group photo session at the East Asia Summit in Nusa Dua, on the island of Bali, Indonesia. Thein Sein’s historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That’s been based on a principle of taking “action for action” by deepening ties in response to democratic reforms. -
President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". -
Weld County, Colo., Sheriff John Cooke, left, with El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa, center right, and other sheriffs standing behind him, speaks during a news conference at which he announced that 54 Colorado sheriffs are filing a federal civil lawsuit against two gun control bills passed by the Colorado Legislature, in Denver, Friday, May 17 2013. Among other claims, the group of sheriffs and others joining the suit argue that the laws violate the 2nd and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. -
Katherine Whitney, of the non-profit organization Women for Concealed Carry, speaks during a news conference at which it was announced that 54 Colorado sheriffs, and other groups, are filing a federal civil lawsuit against two gun control bills passed by the Colorado Legislature, in Denver, Friday, May 17 2013. Among other claims, the group of plaintiffs argue that the laws violate the 2nd and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. -
FILE - In this April 15, 2008 file photo, the Excelsior arrives at the Freeport LNG (Liquid Natural Gas) terminal in Houston. The Energy Department has given conditional approval to a Texas company that wants to export liquefied natural gas, the second LNG export project the Obama administration has approved as it faces a wave of export requests. The permit would allow Freeport LNG Expansion L.P. to export up to 1.4 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day from its terminal near Freeport, Texas, south of Houston. It is subject to environmental review and final regulatory approval. -
FILE - In this May 16, 2013 file photo, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama’s health care law. But no one appears to have connected the factual dots yet, and it’s unclear whether they will. “Now we’ve learned that the IRS, which is tasked with enforcing this very unpopular bill of Obamacare, the IRS admitted they targeted Americans,” Bachmann said during floor debate this week on repealing the health care law. -
Rep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013. Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama’s health care law. But no one appears to have connected the factual dots yet, and it’s unclear whether they will. Levin, the ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, which oversees the IRS says “There really isn’t a tie,This is another effort by the Republicans to essentially try to score political points.” -
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, May 17, 2013, to discuss sexual assaults in the military and the promotion of Lt. Gen. Curtis "Mike" Scaparrotti to command U.S. troops in South Korea, among other topics. -
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, May 17, 2013, to discuss sexual assaults in the military and the promotion of Lt. Gen. Curtis "Mike" Scaparrotti to command U.S. troops in South Korea, among other topics. -
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, May 17, 2013. The Obama administration is criticizing Russia's decision to provide Syria with anti-ship missiles, which it says will only worsen the civil war. Dempsey said the missiles will embolden Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime and "prolong the suffering." -
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, May 17, 2013, to discuss sexual assaults in the military and the promotion of Lt. Gen. Curtis "Mike" Scaparrotti to command U.S. troops in South Korea, among other topics. -
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Friday, May 17, 2013, to discuss sexual assaults in the military and the promotion of Lt. Gen. Curtis "Mike" Scaparrotti to command U.S. troops in South Korea, among other topics. -
FILE - In this March 4, 2009 file photo, Thomas Pickering testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The chairman of the House Oversight Committee has issued a subpoena to compel the co-chairman of the independent review board that investigated last year’s attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya to answer questions about its findings in closed session. California Republican Darrell Issa issued the subpoena on Friday to retired veteran diplomat Thomas Pickering to force him to appear at a deposition next Thursday. -
FILE - In this May 15, 2013 file photo, House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Issa has issued a subpoena to compel the co-chairman of the independent review board that investigated last year’s attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya to answer questions about its findings in closed session. Issa issued the subpoena on Friday to retired veteran diplomat Thomas Pickering to force him to appear at a deposition next Thursday. -
President Barack Obama talks about jobs at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour. -
First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the commencement ceremony for Bowie State University, Friday, May 17, 2013, at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. -
First lady Michelle Obama hugs Presidential Medal of Excellence recipient Freeman A. Hrabowski III during the commencement ceremony for Bowie State University, Friday, May 17, 2013, at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. -
First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the commencement ceremony for Bowie State University, Friday, May 17, 2013, at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. -
First lady Michelle Obama points to the students as she sits with Bowie State University President Dr. Mickey L. Burnim, left, and Provost Dr. Weldon Jackson, right, at the commencement ceremony for Bowie State University, Friday, May 17, 2013, at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. -
First lady Michelle Obama blows kisses to the crowd as Regent Barry P. Gossett, right, applauds, during the commencement ceremony for Bowie State University, Friday, May 17, 2013, at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. -
President Barack Obama talks to a class of pre-Kindergarten school children at Moravia Park Elementary School in Baltimore, Md., Friday, May 17, 2013, during the his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". -
President Barack Obama greets a pre-Kindergarten class of children at Moravia Park Elementary School in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". -
Ousted IRS chief Steven Miller is sworn in on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, prior to testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the extra scrutiny the IRS gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. -
Ousted IRS chief Steve Miller, right, accompanied by J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, smiles as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. -
House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, left, holds up a binder with documents about a constituent's application to the IRS that was delayed, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, during the committee's hearing on the extra scrutiny the Internal Revenue Service gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. From left are, Tiberi, R-Ohio, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas. -
Ousted IRS chief Steven Miller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the extra scrutiny the IRS gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. -
Ousted IRS chief Steve Miller is sworn in on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, prior to testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings.
