U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (L) introduces her delegates to Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing May 27, 2009. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (L) introduces her delegates to Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing May 27, 2009.

More Photos of

Explore Photos of Related Topics

  1. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 06: Paul Pelosi and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) pose for photographers on the red carpet before the 32nd Kennedy Center Honors at Kennedy Center Hall of States on December 6, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  2. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 06: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) poses for photographers on the red carpet before the 32nd Kennedy Center Honors at Kennedy Center Hall of States on December 6, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  3. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 06: Paul Pelosi and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) pose for photographers on the red carpet before the 32nd Kennedy Center Honors at Kennedy Center Hall of States on December 6, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  4. US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi arrives to give a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on November 17, 2009 for the launch of ScienceWorksforUS, an initiative to highlight the scientific research and related activities that have been made possible through the 2009 economic stimulus package.
  5. US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi arrives to give a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on November 17, 2009 for the launch of ScienceWorksforUS, an initiative to highlight the scientific research and related activities that have been made possible through the 2009 economic stimulus package.
  6. US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gives a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC on November 17, 2009 for the launch of ScienceWorksForUS, an initiative to highlight the scientific research and related activities that have been made possible through the 2009 economic stimulus package.
  7. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: The plaque with Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) name hangs outside her Captiol Hill office October 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. A document from the House of Representatives ethics committee inadvertently placed on a publicly accessible computer network outlined investigations into the activities of Kaptur and 29 other lawmakers. The 22-page document, titled 'Committee on Standards Weekly Summary Report,' was discovered on a file-sharing computer server and also outlined investigations by the Office of Congressional Ethics, a quasi-independent body that initiates investigations and provides recommendations to the ethics committee.
  8. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: The longest serving member of the House of Representatives, Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) participates in a news conference with at the U.S. Captiol September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. Dingell and others talked about the current health care legislation before the House and how they say it will strengthen Medicare. What started as a tribute to his father, who served in Congress until his death in 1955, Dingell has introduced health care legislation in every Congress since 1957.
  9. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: The longest serving member of the House of Representatives, Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), participates in a news conference with at the U.S. Captiol September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. Dingell and others talked about the current health care legislation before the House and how they say it will strengthen Medicare. What started as a tribute to his father, who served in Congress until his death in 1955, Dingell has introduced health care legislation in every Congress since 1957.
  10. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: The longest serving member of the House of Representatives, Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) participates in a news conference at the U.S. Capitol September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. Dingell and others talked about the current health care legislation before the House and how they say it will strengthen Medicare. What started as a tribute to his father, who served in Congress until his death in 1955, Dingell has introduced health care legislation in every Congress since 1957.
  11. Human rights activist Sophie Richardson testifies before the US House of Representatives' Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on September 29, 2009 in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  12. Chinese human rights activist Ting Shen testifies to the US House of Representatives' Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on September 29, 2009 in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  13. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 17: (L-R) US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintaoafter a joint press conference at the Great Hall of People on November 17, 2009 in Beijing, China. Obama is on an official nine-day, four nation, Asia tour during which he has visited Japan and attended the APEC Summit in Singapore before heading to China. Following his vist to China, where he is expected to discuss the economy, trade and climate change, he will head to South Korea.
  14. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 17: (L-R) US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintaoafter a joint press conference at the Great Hall of People on November 17, 2009 in Beijing, China. Obama is on an official nine-day, four nation, Asia tour during which he has visited Japan and attended the APEC Summit in Singapore before heading to China. Following his vist to China, where he is expected to discuss the economy, trade and climate change, he will head to South Korea.
  15. Hindu nationalist party Shiv Sena activists burn an effigy of Chinese President Hu Jintao during a protest in New Delhi October 5, 2009. Activists were protesting against the Chinese government decision to offer separate stand-alone visas to residents of Muslim-majority disputed Indian territory Jammu and Kashmir.
  16. Hindu nationalist party Shiv Sena activists burn an effigy of Chinese President Hu Jintao during a protest in New Delhi October 5, 2009. Activists were protesting against the Chinese government decision to offer separate stand-alone visas to residents of Muslim-majority disputed Indian territory Jammu and Kashmir.

Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo (L) challenges Olympique Marseille�s Laurent Bonnart during their Champions League soccer match at the Velodrome �Stadium in Marseille, December 8, 2009.
  2. Atletico Madrid's Sergio Aguero reacts after being shown the yellow card during their Champions League soccer match against Porto at Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid December 8, 2009.
  3. Bayern Munich goalkeeper Hans Jorg Butt (2nd R) shoots to score a penalty against Juventus as his teammates Holger Badstuber (3rd R) and Bastian Schweinsteiger watch during their Champions League soccer match at the Olympic stadium in Turin December 8, 2009.
  4. An Ecuadorean oil worker wears a t-shirt with a skull design while working to clean up an oil waste pit owned by state petroleum company Petroecuador in Shushufindi, some 410 km (254 mi) east of Quito December 8, 2009. Residents in the country�s Amazon region are suing Chevron, accusing the U.S. company of doing environmental damage while it operated in a consortium with Petroecuadro in the 1970s and 1980s.
  5. CSKA Moscow's Alan Dzagoev, left, and Milos Krasic celebrate with their suppoters after a goal against Besiktas during their Group B Champions League soccer match at Inonu Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
  6. Bordeaux player Henri Saivet, left, vies for the ball with Maccabi Haifa player Baram Kayal, right, during their Group A Champions League soccer match in Ramat Gan Stadium near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
  7. Bordeaux's head coach Laurent Blanc is seen during their Champions League Group A soccer match against Maccabi Haifa in Ramat Gan stadium near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
  8. FC Porto's Bruno Alves, left, celebrates his goal against Atletico Madrid with teammates, during their Group D Champions League soccer match, at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
  9. People applaud after the final bid was accepted for the Raphael painting 'Head of a muse' during the 'Old Masters and 19th Century Art' auction held at their premises in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. The painting fetched 26 million pounds (US$42,744,000, 28,704,000 euro) and 29.2 millions pounds including fees, a record price for any old master drawing.
  10. Maccabi Haifa's Baram Kayal, centre background, vies for the ball with Bordeaux's Abdou Traore, during their Champions League Group A soccer match in Ramat Gan stadium near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009.
  11. TORONTO - DECEMBER 7: Ondrej Pavelec #31 of the Atlanta Thrashers gets ready for a face-off during the game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on December 7, 2009 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  12. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-IN) speaks during a news conference on 'energy, climate-gate and President Obama's trip to Copenhagen' with members of the House Republican American Energy Solutions Group at the U.S. Captiol December 8, 2009 in Washington, DC. What some climate change critics are calling 'climate-gate,' emails and other documents between scientists were hacked or stolen from a British climate-change research center.
  13. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming ranking member Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) (C) speaks during a news conference on 'energy, climate-gate and President Obama's trip to Copenhagen' with members of the House Republican American Energy Solutions Group at the U.S. Captiol December 8, 2009 in Washington, DC. What some climate change critics are calling 'climate-gate,' emails and other documents between scientists were hacked or stolen from a British climate-change research center.
  14. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks to the media after the weekly policy committee luncheon December 8, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Reid spoke on the Health Care Reform Bill.
  15. WOLFSBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 08: Michael Owen of Manchester (L) heads the first goal past Marcel Schaefer, goalkeeper Diego Benaglio and Christian Gentner of Wolfsburg during the UEFA Champions League Group B match between VfL Wolfsburg and Manchester United at Volkswagen Arena on December 8, 2009 in Wolfsburg, Germany.
  16. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 08: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks to the media after the weekly policy committee luncheon December 8, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Reid spoke on the Health Care Reform Bill.