WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks as (L-R) Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, (Obama), Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (3rd-R) look on as he meets with members of the Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on September 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama spoke to reporters following the meeting, while accepting the apology of Rep. Joe Wilson's (R-SC) outburst yesterday at the joint session of Congress. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks as (L-R) Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, (Obama), Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (3rd-R) look on as he meets with members of the Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on September 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama spoke to reporters following the meeting, while accepting the apology of Rep. Joe Wilson's (R-SC) outburst yesterday at the joint session of Congress.

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  1. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young participate in a joint news conference at South Korea's defense ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Gates said Thursday that North Korea continues to pose a grave threat to international peace and pledged to protect South Korea with Washington's full military might, including its nuclear capabilities.
  2. Protesters holding portraits of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young shout a slogan during a rally against the Security Consultative Meeting, or SCM, between the U.S. and South Korea in front of the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Gates said Wednesday the United States will never accept a North Korea with atomic bombs, saying the communist regime poses threats "even more lethal and destabilizing."
  3. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (R) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young during Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) at the Defense Ministry in Seoul October 22, 2009. Gates said on Thursday that North Korea poses a threat to his country's allies in North Asia and promised to protect them under the U.S. nuclear deterrent.
  4. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young during Security Consultative Meeting or SCM at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Gates said Wednesday the United States will never accept a North Korea with atomic bombs, saying the communist regime poses threats "even more lethal and destabilizing."
  5. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, arrives to sign the guest book before meeting South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan as U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens looks on at the Government Complex in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. Gates said Wednesday the United States will never accept a North Korea with atomic bombs, saying the communist regime poses threats "even more lethal and destabilizing" than before.
  6. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) talks with Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo October 20, 2009. The United States wants to stick to a deal on realigning U.S. troops in Japan, Defense Secretary Gates said on Tuesday, giving Japan's new government little room to move on an issue that could test ties.
  7. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 23: U.S. President Barack Obama (3L) speaks at a cabinet meeting at the White House on November 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama met with his Cabinet for updates across several areas including national security, budget planning, and health insurance reform.
  8. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 23: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) listens along with Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke (R) and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (2L) as U.S. President Barack Obama (2R) speaks at a cabinet meeting as at the White House on November 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama met with his Cabinet for updates across several areas including national security, budget planning, and health insurance reform.
  9. BEIJING - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke (C) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, as U.S. President Barack Obama stands behind prior to their talks at the Diaoyutai State Guest House November 18, 2009 in Beijing, China. Obama is on an official nine-day, four nation, tour of Asia, his first as U.S. President.
  10. US Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke (C) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R), as US President Barack Obama (L) walks behind prior to their talks at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing on November 18, 2009. Obama was to wrap up his trip to China later in the day with a mix of diplomacy and sightseeing, meeting Premier Wen Jiabao for a working lunch and visiting the Great Wall.
  11. US President Barack Obama (2nd R) smiles while seated with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (3rd R) and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke (4th R) as they take part in an expanded bilateral meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 17, 2009. China and the United States will work to resolve commercial disputes and jointly oppose trade protectionism, President Hu Jintao said after talks with visiting US counterpart Barack Obama.
  12. US President Barack Obama (2nd R) smiles while seated with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (3rd R) and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke (4th R) as they take part in an expanded bilateral meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 17, 2009. China and the United States will work to resolve commercial disputes and jointly oppose trade protectionism, President Hu Jintao said after talks with visiting US counterpart Barack Obama.
  13. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  14. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  15. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  16. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.

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  2. A torchbearer carries the Olympic Torch at the Parc de la Chute-Montmorency in Quebec City, December 3, 2009. The torch is making a 106-day journey around Canada which will lead to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.
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  5. PHILADELPHIA DECEMBER 3: The Comcast Center, which is Comcast Corporate headquarters, is seen December 3, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Comcast Corp. announced December 3, that it will acquire a majority stake in NBC Universal Inc., paying GE 6.5 billion dollars.
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  7. DUBENDORF, SWITZERLAND - DECEMBER 03: The HB-SIA experimental aircraft, also known as Solar Impulse, flown by flight test pilot Markus Scherdel is pushed back to its hangar after its maiden take-off on runway 11 of the Dubendorf Airfield on December 3, 2009 in Dubendorf, Switzerland. After six years of research, modelling and simulation training the Solar Impulse prototype with a 63.40 metres wingspan aircraft, registered as HB-SIA, is performing high-speed tests and takes off on a distance of 350 meters, reaching the altitude of 1 meter. The Solar Impulse project aims to circumnavigate the world with an aircraft powered only by solar energy.
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  9. ROME - DECEMBER 03: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi addresses a press conference with Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (not in picture) at Villa Madama on December 3, 2009 in Rome, Italy. During his visit to Rome, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev and delegates attended a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and delegates for the sixth round of discussions on economic cooperation between the two nations.
  10. DUBENDORF, SWITZERLAND - DECEMBER 03: The HB-SIA experimental aircraft, also known as Solar Impulse, flown by flight test pilot Markus Scherdel is pushed back to its hangar after its maiden take-off on runway 11 of the Dubendorf Airfield on December 3, 2009 in Dubendorf, Switzerland. After six years of research, modelling and simulation training the Solar Impulse prototype with a 63.40 metres wingspan aircraft, registered as HB-SIA, is performing high-speed tests and takes off on a distance of 350 meters, reaching the altitude of 1 meter. The Solar Impulse project aims to circumnavigate the world with an aircraft powered only by solar energy.
  11. Children warm themselves in front of a makeshift bonfire under a flyover, in New Delhi, India,Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.
  12. In this handout photo released by the English Football Association, England soccer player David Beckham plays soccer with a group of children involved with the 'Coaching For Hope' project at Ikhusi Primary School near Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Beckham will attend Friday's 2010 World Cup draw and will also assist the England 2018 bid team.
  13. In this handout photo released by the English Football Association, England soccer player David Beckham talks to a group of children involved with the 'Coaching For Hope' project at Ikhusi Primary School near Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Beckham will attend Friday's 2010 World Cup draw and will also assist the England 2018 bid team.
  14. Clothes belonging to workers hang at a construction site near a thermal power station in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. India will significantly slow the growth of its climate-warming carbon dioxide emissions over the next decade as its economy keeps expanding but it will not accept a binding emissions reduction target, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Thursday ahead of world climate change talks.
  15. In this handout photo released by the English Football Association, England soccer player David Beckham, bottom center, poses with a group of children involved with the 'Coaching For Hope' project at Ikhusi Primary School near Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Beckham will attend Friday's 2010 World Cup draw and will also assist the England 2018 bid team.
  16. In this handout photo released by the English Football Association, England soccer player David Beckham plays soccer with a group of children involved with the 'Coaching For Hope' project at Ikhusi Primary School near Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Beckham will attend Friday's 2010 World Cup draw and will also assist the England 2018 bid team.