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President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House about health care reform and Iraq's new electoral law Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Big question mar... President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House about health care reform and Iraq's new electoral law Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Obama calls new ... President Barack Obama, left, walks with his family, from left, mother-in-law Marian Robinson, daughter Sasha Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and daughter Malia Obama, to Marine One helicopter to depart the White House for Camp David Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
GOP officials sa... House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrive for a press conference after the passage in the house of the health care reform bill at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
Some predicted t... Osman Danquah speaks to the media about the shooting at Fort Hood Friday Nov. 6, 2009. Danquah is the liason from the Islamic Center of Greater Killeen to Fort Hood. The day after an army major shot and killed 13 people and wounded about 30, Killeen is trying to understand what happened and return to normal. (AP Photo/Austin American Statesman) NO MAGS, NO SALES, NO TV
Obama confronts ... Residents raise slogans during a rally, protesting against relocating Futenama Marine airfield on the southern island of Okinawa, in Ginowan, Japan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Sunday that no deal on relocating U.S. troops on the Japanese island can be expected during President Barack Obama's visit this week, saying the issue needs more time to resolve. The banner reads: "Oppose relocation within the prefecture (state)." (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
High court to lo... FILE - This May 4, 2007, file photo shows former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson delivering a key-note address to Log Cabin Republicans at their annual convention in Denver. The Wyoming Republican served 18 years in the Senate, but as a teenager he pleaded guilty to setting fire to an abandoned building on federal property. For teenagers who committed crimes and received a life in prison sentence without parole Simpson said, "When they get to be 30 or 40 and they been in the clink for 20 years or 30 or 40 and they have learned how to read and how to do things, why not" release them Simpson told to the Associated Press. If a prisoner shows he is not fit to be released, "throw him back in," he said. "That's better than saying 'Sorry, we can't look at that file because you were sent here for life.'" (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, FILE)
2010 elections: ... FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama and Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds wave to the crowd during a rally in Norfolk, Va. Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governor's mansions in a cross-country Democratic wave. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, FILE)
House votes stri... A supporter holds a sign during a rally against the health care overhaul bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Iran, North Kore... Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during a news conference with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, not shown, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
Obama to attend ... President Barack Obama walks off Marine One on the South Lawn of The White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, after going to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Obama prods Hous... President Barack Obama waves as he walks out of the Cannon Caucus Room with Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, after meeting with House Democrats about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Pelosi: Obama vi... Speaker Nancy Pelosi is surrounded as she walks to the floor of the House of Representatives for continuing debate health care debate at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
House, Senate he... Speaker Nancy Pelosi is surrounded as she walks to the floor of the House of Representatives for the continuing health care debate at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Shortage of mili... The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
Obama arrival in... President Barack Obama walks back to the Oval Office as he speaks about health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Democrats say el... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gestures while meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, following the weekly caucus luncheons. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. is at right. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
GOP sweep: Big g... Republican Governor-elect Bob McDonnell waves to the crowd at his victory party in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Unofficial results showed McDonnell, a conservative and former state attorney general, with about 60 percent of the vote over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds. He will be the state's first Republican governor in eight years. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Tight NJ governo... Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie addresses a gathering at a campaign stop Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in Tinton Falls, N.J. Christie will face Gov. Jon S. Corzine and Independent candidate Chris Daggett in Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Romney: Obama ec... FILE - In this June 1, 2009 file photo, Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures while delivering remarks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney said Monday Nov. 2, 2009, the time has come to stop the economic stimulus program, contending that it has not worked as the Obama administration planned.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)
HBO filmmakers g... In this publicity image released by HBO, a scene is shown from the documentary film, "By the People: The Election of Barack Obama," premiering Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 on HBO. (AP Photo/HBO)
Clinton: US to s... U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ,right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu react during a press conference in Jerusalem. Saturday, Oct. 31. 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Israel is making "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settlement construction.The U.S. administration had previously demanded Israel halt all settlement building before negotiations could resume.But speaking at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, Clinton said "there has never been a precondition. It has always been an issue with negotiations."(AP Photo/ Rina Castelnuovo, Pool)
No trick: 2,000 ... President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hand out Halloween candy at the White House, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Carrots and Stic... FILE In this Oct. 2, 2009, file photo, President Barack Obama pauses while speaking to members of the media in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, FILE)
HHS' Sebelius: A... Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, center, flanked by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the swine flu. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
AP IMPACT: Immig... HOLD FOR RELEASE AT 12:01 A.M. EDT; CORRECTS date to May 24; timeline shows key events in a murder case involving two confidential informants for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement
Iraq poll law st... U.S. President Barack Obama makes a surprise visit to the daily briefing to comment about the health care reform bill at the White House in Washington
Healthcare measu... Rep. John Dingell speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill
Thousands of Jap... Protesters hold a sign at a mass anti-U.S. base rally in Ginowan on Japan's southwestern island of Okinawa
House backs anti... An anti-abortion protestor holds a sign in front of the US Supreme Court building during the March for Life in Washington
Netanyahu's Wash... Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu attends cabinet meeting in Jerusalem
Obama "absolutel... President Barack Obama makes a statement on health care reform in the Rose Garden
U.N.'s Goldstone... Goldstone Head of Fact Finding Mission on Gaza looks on during a news conference at the UN in Geneva
Obamas to attend... A U.S. flag flies at half staff on top of the White House in Washington after President Barack Obama ordered them lowered in honor of the victims of the mass shooting at Fort Hood army base in Texas
Obama weighs ste... U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the economy in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington
U.S. OKs two mor... Labourers upload steel pipes onto a vehicle at a steel market in Hefei
Democrat Hoyer: ... Demonstrators hold signs at a rally about healthcare on Capitol Hill in Washington
USTR Kirk says S... U.S. Trade Representative, Kirk talks during a news conference with Brazil's Foreign Minister Amorim at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia
Cheney urges str... File image of former Vice President Cheney speaking about national security at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington
Senate rejects b... Camp X-Ray detention facility in Guantanamo Bay
Aid for jobless,... Attendees arrive at a job fair in Washington
Clinton says wil... File picture shows Palestinian President Abbas praying at the start of a PLO meeting in Ramallah
Democrats get wa... New Jersey Governor-elect Christie is joined by Lieutenant Governor-elect Guadagno and families in Parsippany
Obama to Native ... President Barack Obama talks to Carl Venne, chairman of the Crow tribe, at a campaign rally in Crow Agency, Montana May 19, 2008. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
Myanmar election... Aung San Suu Kyi arrives for a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Campbell in Yangon
U.S. urges Karza... Afghanistan's President Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul
Democrats wrestl... Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi unveils the House Democrats Healthcare plan on Capitol Hill
Former HP chief ... Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Fiorina addresses the third session of the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota
Democrats shrug ... Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi unveils the House Democrats Healthcare plan on Capitol Hill
NY Mayor Bloombe... New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg greets supporters after his election win in New York
Maine voters lat... Gay marriage supporters wait for election results at No on 1/Protect Maine Equality election night rally in Portland