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FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2009, file photo House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md. speaks during a news conference about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington. "We're very close" to having enough votes to prevail, said Hoyer of the health care reform bill Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, although he added a scheduled Saturday vote could slip by a day or two. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, FILE)

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Democrats clear ... FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2009, file photo House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md. speaks during a news conference about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington. "We're very close" to having enough votes to prevail, said Hoyer of the health care reform bill Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, although he added a scheduled Saturday vote could slip by a day or two. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, FILE)
Fort Hood suspec... 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)
Revolutionary Wa... FILE - In this June 23, 2005, file photo a carving of Brig. Gen. Casimir Pulaski is shown on the 54-foot monument to his memory on Monterey Square in Savannah, Ga. Pulaski, a Polish nobleman and an American Revolutionary War hero, who was mortally wounded in 1779 during the siege of Savannah, finally became an American citizen Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. President Barack Obama signed a joint resolution of the Senate and the House of Representatives that made Pulaski an honorary citizen. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)
Analysis: 10 per... 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 will push ... President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Obama signs bill... White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Obama says don't... President Barack Obama walks back to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, after speaking in the Rose Garden. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Classmate: Hasan... Village of Mount Pleasant patrol near the home of Russell Seager, near Racine, Wis. He was one of the victims of the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Friday Nov. 6, 2009. Family members said through the police that they did not want to make any public statements. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg)
Obama visits wou... President Barack Obama salutes as boards Marine One helicopter prior to his departure at Rock Creek Park near Carter Barron Amphitheater in Washington, Friday. Nov. 6, 2009, after a visit to nearby Walter Reed Army Medical Center. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Details emerge a... This 2003 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan in his graduation photo when he completed his M.D. degree. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
Will he shoot? E... FILE- This file photo taken Jan. 10, 2002, shows Portland Trail Blazers center Chris Dudley, right, attempting to block a shot by Miami Heat's Alonzo Mourning (33) in Miami. Dudley, whose grandfather was an ambassador to Denmark, is thinking about getting into politics and running for Oregon governor as a Republican. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
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
Politics at play... President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraiser for Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., in Stamford, Conn., Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Adviser: Obama a... In this photo provided by ABC News, White House adviser David Axelrod appears for an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's This Week, in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/ABC News, Fred Watkins)
2 Nobel winners ... Elinor Ostrom, a professor of political science at Indiana University, in Bloomington, Ind., became the first woman to be awarded the Nobel prize for economics on Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. Ostrom was praised "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons." Ostrom's prize is Indiana University's eighth Nobel prize. (AP Photo/Indiana Daily Student, Ryan Dorgan)
U.S. House set t... Shredded healthcare legalisation outside Pelosi's office on Capitol Hill in Washington
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
Obama: don't jum... Military Police Sgt. Hagerman, who was a first responder to the shooting at Fort Hood Army Post talks with reporters at Fort Hood Army Post in texas
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
Clinton: Israel ... Secretary of State Clinton speaks during a news conference at the Presidential palace in Cairo
Maine voters lat... Gay marriage supporters wait for election results at No on 1/Protect Maine Equality election night rally in Portland
Republican Chris... A girl listens to U.S. President Barack Obama speak at a campaign rally for New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine at the Prudential Center in Newark
Republican wins ... Campaign signs crowd an intersection in McLean Virginia
Orthodox patriar... Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew speaks after meeting at the White House in Washington
Obama: U.S., EU ... President Obama speaks during a meeting of U.S.-European Union Summit with President of European Commission Barroso in Washington
U.S., EU agree t... Obama walks through the Colonnade with Solana, Barroso and Reinfeldt to a meeting of the U.S.-European Union Summit at the White House in Washington

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