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Obama to plead U... President Obama speaks during the pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey, Courage, in a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
INSIDE WASHINGTO... FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama, center, speaks about health care in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. From left: Cedars-Sinai Health System President Thomas Priselac; Merck CEO Richard Clark; Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson; Obama; American Medical Association President J. James Rohack; SEIU Healthcare chair Dennis Rivera; and Edwards Lifesciences CEO Michael Mussallem. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)
Ex-CNN host Lou ... FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, Lou Dobbs, left, speaks with Bill O'Reilly during taping a segment for Fox News channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," in New York. Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as "an intermediary step" that could lead to a run for the White House. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Couple slips tho... This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, left, with Michaele Salahi and Tareq Salahi, right, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said. (AP Photo) NO SALES
Obama will unvei... President Barack Obama listens to a question during a press conference in the East Room of the White House with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Obama's first pa... President Barack Obama, right, with daughters, Sasha Obama, 8, Malia Obama, 11, reacts with Walter Pelletier, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, as Malia reaches to pet a turkey, Courage, the day before Thanksgiving, during a ceremony in the North Portico of the White House in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Obama family dis... President Barack Obama holds an unidentified child as he stands next to his mother-in-law Marian Robinson as they pack food for Thanksgiving at Martha's Table, a food pantry in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
White House defe... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, as Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa looks on. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Toyota to replac... The accelerator pedal, right, in a 2010 Toyota Camry is seen on the show room floor of Bobby Rahal Toyota in Mechanicsburg, Pa., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will replace accelerator pedals on about 4 million recalled vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Indian PM warns ... India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh answers a question about the anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks at a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Stars, top Dem d... Guests are seen in a tent on the South Lawn of the White House during a State Dinner with President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Evening gowns, s... President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur to the State Dinner at the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
CPSC chief pledg... This undated handout photo provided by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, shows a drop-side crib by Stork Craft Manufacturing of Canada. More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing of Canada are being recalled following reports of four infant suffocations. The CPSC said the recall involves 1.2 million cribs in the United States and almost 1 million in Canada, where Stork Craft is based. (AP Photo/Consumer Product Safety Commission)
Palin stops in F... Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her her autobiography, "Going Rogue", at the North Post Exchange at Fort Bragg, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
SPIN METER: 'War... FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2009, file photo Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, holds a copy of the health care bill, trussed in sturdy rope, in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington during a Republican news conference. The full draft of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's House version of the health care bill has been published in the Congressional Record in the official and conventional manner. It is not much of a spectacle, nor much trouble to move: it's 209 pages. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Business foes of... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, is asked questions by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation he intends to introduce in the Senate in the next several days, numerous Democratic officials said Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
Report: 20-somet... Chicago Cardinal Francis George, left, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, left, and Monsignor David Malloy, general secretary, address members during the group's fall meeting Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, Baltimore. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
Obama arrives in... President Barack Obama walks down the stairs from Air Force One during his arrival at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
GOP chairman end... FILE - In this July 14, 2009 file photo, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele speaks at the 100th annual NAACP Convention in New York. The Republican National Committee's health insurance plan covers elective abortions for its employees, an option Republicans strongly oppose in health overhaul legislation that Democrats are trying to push through Congress. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
US presses diplo... U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses a press conference after attending APEC ministerial meetings in Singapore, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Singapore will host 21 world leaders at the APEC summit later in the week. (AP Photo/Amarasinghe Gemunu)
AP-GfK Poll: A g... President Barack Obama speaks at a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 for the victims of Thursday's shootings. (AP Photo/Pool, Jay Janner)
UN chief prods S... U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attends a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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)
U.S. landmines p... U.S Marines check a road for explosives in Golestan district of Farah province
Obama offers U.S... President Obama speaks during joint news conference with PM of India Singh at the White House in Washington
U.S. will be out... An Afghan policeman frisks an Afghan man at a checkpoint near of the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Tillman
Obama's agenda r... U.S. President Barack Obama speaks alongside his daughters Sasha and Malia, during a turkey pardoning ceremony for "Courage", the National Thanksgiving Turkey, on the North Portico of the White House in Washington
Israeli settleme... A Palestinian labourer is seen at a construction site in Maale Adumim
India's PM Singh... President Obama and first lady Obama stand with India's PM Singh and his wife before a state dinner at the White House in Washington
Obama to give pr... A U.S. soldier of 2-12 Infantry 4BCT-4ID Task Force Mountain Warrior takes a break during a night mission near Honaker Miracle camp
Obama to attend ... President Obama speaks during joint news conference with PM of India Singh at the White House in Washington
Obama seeks to r... U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome India's PM Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur for state dinner in Washington
N.Y. governor se... New York Gov. Paterson is pictured before a televised address at the state capitol In Albany
Obama honors Mug... U.S. President Obama presents the RFK Human Rights award to Mahlangu at the White House in Washington
In U.S., Indian ... Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh speaks to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington
Obama says boost... U.S. President Obama in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington
South Carolina g... South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford pauses as he speaks to the media about his secret trip to Argentina and admits to an extramarital affair at the State House in Columbia
U.S. lawmakers, ... U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about education while in Washington
Obama asks for p... Pastor Charles Hudson looks out of a window with no glass in the Madison School in Youngstown
Healthcare refor... Opponent to health care reform holds a sign during a town hall meeting in Jonesboro
Obama adds Afgha... U.S. Army Sergeant Sale looks on as other soldiers fire their weapons during a training session at FOB Tillman
Dimon seen as su... Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, speaks at the Securities Industry and Financial Marketers Association annual meeting in New York
Honduras de fact... Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti speaks during a news conference in Tegucigalpa
Obama job approv... U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing
Senate sets hear... Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke speaks during the Economic Club of New York luncheon in New York
U.S. to tighten ... Defense Secretary Gates speaks in Maryland
Senate leader at... Senate Majority leader Reid speaks about healthcare reform legislation during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington
Nearly half of A... Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner listens to a statement by the chairman of the Joint Economic committee prior to testifying in Washington