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Obama would OK h... President Barack Obama gestures while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Obama says music... Yolanda Adams performs at a Black History Month event celebrating the music of the Civil Rights Movement hosted by President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Toyota seeks dam... Master Diagnostic Technician Kurt Juergens, of Foxborough, Mass., uses a laptop computer to diagnose and repair the brake system on a 2010 Toyota Prius in the repair shop of a Toyota dealership, in Norwood, Mass., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Toyota announced early Tuesday it would recall about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles to fix brake problems. There have been about 200 complaints in Japan and the U.S. about a delay when the brakes in the Prius were pressed in cold conditions and on some bumpy roads. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Murtha's death s... FILE - In this May 29, 2009 file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., center, answers a reporter's question about Kuchera Defense Systems Inc., after attending a breakfast at the "Showcase for Commerce" trade show in Johnstown, Pa. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. He was 77. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Despite all the ... President Barack Obama gestures during the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Obama speaks hop... President Barack Obama listens to a reporter's question as he makes an unannounced visit to the James Brady Briefing Room for the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Lawmaker's death... FILE - In this July 23, 2006 file photo, Rep. John Murtha, D- Pa., waits to speak to Democrats at the Hampton, N.H. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter, File)
GOP blocks Obama... House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, speak to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
White House mock... White House Press Secretary Robert points to the palm of his hand which he has written down notes to show members of the media during a press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Obama says US de... President Barack Obama listens while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Obama: Energy po... President Barack Obama approaches the podium to begin the daily press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
GOP wary of pitf... President Barack Obama meets with bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and the president. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Alabama senator ... FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008 file photo, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Shelby of Alabama has released most of the "holds" he had placed on President Barack Obama's nominees, his office said Monday, Feb. 8. 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)
Alito objected t... FILE - In this April 9, 2008 file photo Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. speaks at John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio. Still wonder exactly why Justice Samuel Alito shook his head and mouthed the words "not true" during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address? He objected to the president's saying the ruling reversed a century of law. The president touched off a controversy when he broke with tradition _ and decorum, his critics said _ by criticizing the court's recent campaign finance decision in his speech with six justices in attendance and bound by their own tradition of not reacting to what is said. (AP Photo/Jason Miller, File)
Intelligence off... FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2009 file photo, Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud arrives to meet with media in Sararogha of Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border. The Pakistani Taliban said Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 that there is no need to release proof that the group's leader is alive to refute reports that he died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone strike in mid-January. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud, File)
Backlash may mov... FILE - In this May 21, 2009 photo shows the the Unites States Courthouse in White Plains, N.Y. The courthouse is a possible alternative to lower Manhattan for the Sept. 11 terrorist trial. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Republicans say ... Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell gestures as he delivers the Republican Response to the State of the Union in the Virginia House of Delegates chambers at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Embattled Obama ... President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. Vice President Joe Biden is behind the president. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Geithner draws f... Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on AIG. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
US redefines Yem... FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2009, file photo, Yemenite army cadets marching during a graduation ceremony in San'a, Yemen. The terror incubator in Yemen, birthplace of the Christmas Day airliner attack, is forcing the United States and allies to pour millions of dollars into a shaky government officials suspect won't spend the money wisely and isn't fully committed to the battle against al-Qaida. (AP Photo/File)
Thousands of vet... Tyler Einarson, 28, of Homestead, Minn., describes how he was wounded in combat and his subsequent fight to receive disability benefits, during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, January 25, 2010. Einarson and representatives from the National Veterans Legal Services Program discussed developments in a class action lawsuit by Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans claiming denial of benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
White House gate... Tareq Salahi, left, and Michaele Salahi, right,listen to their attorney Stephen Best,on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, while testifying before the House Homeland Security Committee. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
Bush, Clinton: H... Former President Bill Clinton listens to former President George W. Bush speak Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama asked Bush and Clinton to help with U.S. relief efforts after the earthquake in Haiti. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Health talks in ... House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, speaks to reporters following the Democratic Leadership caucus retreat at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Bin Laden's phot... This digitally enhanced image taken from the U.S. Department of State's web site rewardsforjustice.net, shows what Osama bin-Laden could look like today. (AP Photo/U.S. State Department)
Tax credits, Med... U.S. House of Representatives minority leader Boehner speaks to the press in Washington
Obama, Republica... Men look over jobs listing while searching for employment in San Francisco
Obamas take on p... U.S. President Obama after signing memorandum on childhood obesity in the Oval Office in Washington
Obama's healthca... U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Democratic National Committee winter meeting in Washington
Under fire, NY g... Governor Paterson gives his inaugural address in Albany, New York
John Murtha, def... U.S. Rep. John Murtha convenes a House Appropriations Committee hearing about patient care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, on Capitol Hill in Washington
Obama invites Re... U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the Senate Democratic Policy Committee Issues Conference at the Newseum in Washington
Obama anti-terro... Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security John Brennan briefs the media at the White House briefing room in Washington
Palin: Won't "cl... Sarah Palin speaks during the National Tea Party Convention at Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville
U.S. calls for g... U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates arrives to testify at the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington
Tea Party welcom... Sarah Palin speaks during the National Tea Party Convention at Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville
Obama to Democra... President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Democratic National Committee winter meeting in Washington
Open to idea of ... White House Senior Advisor Axelrod makes a point during an interview at the Newseum in Washington
Obama urges Cong... President Obama delivers remarks on job creation in Lanham
"Demon Sheep" h... An actor in a sheep costume with "demon eyes" is seen in a screen grab
Financial reform... U.S. Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) announces he will retire at the end of his term in East Haddam
Chicken parts jo... National flags of U.S. and China wave in front of an international hotel in Beijing
Dodd says bipart... U.S. Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) announces he will retire at the end of his term in East Haddam
China "indignant... China's Foreign Minister Yang waves before a meeting in Paris
Obama to unveil ... A pedestrian walks past an empty storefront on Main Street in Evansville
Brown takes Sena... Scott Brown smiles after his swearing-in at the Capitol in Washington
Prosecutors revi... File photo of former Illinois Governor Blagojevich waving to the media in Chicago
U.S. sees China ... National flags of U.S. and China wave in front of an international hotel in Beijing