U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, second right, confers with Saeb Erekat, Chief Palestinian negotiator, as President Barack Obama meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, thursday, May 28, 2009. From left: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, and Vice President Joseph Biden. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, second right, confers with Saeb Erekat, Chief Palestinian negotiator, as President Barack Obama meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, thursday, May 28, 2009. From left: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, and Vice President Joseph Biden.

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  1. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel addresses the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in Washington on November 10, 2009. Emanuel stepped in to speak in replacement of US President Barack Obama who went to Fort Hood to meet with victims and families of last week's shooting at the army base.
  2. National Security Advisor James L. Jones (L) talks with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (R) as US President Barack Obama meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, November 3, 2009.
  3. President Barack Obama , Vice President Joe Biden, and others, meet with co-chairmen of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, third from right, and former Oklahoma Sen. David Boren, fifth from right, and others, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is second from right.
  4. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 14: White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel (2nd R) attends a meeting with (L-R) Phil Schiliro Director- legislative affairs, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and Nancy- Ann DeParle, Director of the White House Office for Health Reform, during a Democratic Caucus luncheon on Capitol Hill on October 14, 2009 in Washington, DC. The meeting was held to talk about a unified health care reform bill.
  5. US President Barack Obama (R) speaks with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (L) during the morning G-20 plenary session at the Pittsburgh Convention Center in Pittsburgh on September 25, 2009.
  6. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel (R) speaks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) as they attend the United Nations Security Council meeting during the UN General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York, NY, September 24, 2009.
  7. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 22: U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd R) speaks at a bilateral meeting with President Hu Jintao of China (R), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (3rd R) and Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (3rd L) at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on September 22, 2009 in New York City. The two leaders were meeting on the sidelines of the UN climate change summit and the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

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  1. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stands with U.S. envoy George Mitchell (L) before their meeting in Jerusalem October 8, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama's special peace envoy sought on Thursday an "early relaunch" of Israeli-Palestinian talks, but Israel said Washington's goal of comprehensive peace was an illusion.
  2. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman walks with U.S. envoy George Mitchell (L) before their meeting in Jerusalem October 8, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama's special peace envoy sought on Thursday an "early relaunch" of Israeli-Palestinian talks, but Israel said Washington's goal of comprehensive peace was an illusion.
  3. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman stands with U.S. envoy George Mitchell (L) before their meeting in Jerusalem October 8, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama's special peace envoy sought on Thursday an "early relaunch" of Israeli-Palestinian talks, but Israel said Washington's goal of comprehensive peace was an illusion.
  4. U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell, left, shakes hands with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, during their meeting in the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Lieberman declared Thursday that there is no chance of reaching a final accord with the Palestinians any time soon, casting a pall over Mitchell's latest effort to get peace talks moving again.
  5. U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell, left, shakes hands with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Lieberman declared Thursday that there is no chance of reaching a final accord with the Palestinians any time soon, casting a pall over Mitchell's latest effort to get peace talks moving again.
  6. U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell, left, and Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, right, meet at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Lieberman declared Thursday that there is no chance of reaching a final accord with the Palestinians any time soon, casting a pall over Mitchell's latest effort to get peace talks moving again.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put 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.
  12. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put 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.
  13. U.S. Mideast envoy George Mitchell, left, stands with chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, center, ahead of a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, not seen, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009. Mitchell pressed Israel to curtail settlement construction, but announced no breakthroughs after more than two hours of talks Tuesday.
  14. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner speaks to the media during a news conference with Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat (not pictured) after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman November 17, 2009.
  15. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner speaks to the media during a news conference with Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat (not pictured) after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman November 17, 2009.
  16. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner speaks to the media during a news conference with Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat (not pictured) after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman November 17, 2009.

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  2. NEWPORT BEACH, CA - NOVEMBER 21: General view at the All In For Wishes Celebrity Poker Tournament For Make-A-Wish Foundation at The Pacific Club on November 21, 2009 in Newport Beach, California.
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  9. Chicago Bulls forward Taj Gibson (L) protests being called for a technical foul in the third quarter of their NBA basketball game against the Denver Nuggets in Denver November 21, 2009.
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  11. Philadelphia Flyers' Kimmo Timonen (44), of Finland, argues with linesman Thor Nelson after the Phoenix Coyotes scored a go-ahead goal in the third period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, in Glendale, Ariz. The Coyotes defeated the Flyers 3-1.
  12. Phoenix Coyotes' Ilya Bryzgalov, second from left, of Russia, makes a save on a shot by Philadelphia Flyers' Mike Richards (18) as Flyers' Claude Giroux (28) looks on in the third period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, in Glendale, Ariz. The Coyotes defeated the Flyers 3-1.
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  14. Zsolt Erdei from Hungary, right, shouts out while Italy's Giacobbe Fragomeni, left, reacts after their cruiserweight WBC World Champion title fight in Kiel, northern Germany, on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. Erdei won with a majority decision over Fragomeni.
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