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  1. US President Barack Obama signs the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 as US Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and members of the US Congress look on October 28, 2009 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.
  2. Pakistani Shiite Muslims carry a burning US flag as they shout slogans during a protest against the US Kerry-Lugar Bill in Karachi on October 9, 2009. Pakistan's parliament resumed debate on a massive US aid package after rifts opened up between the military and the government over strings attached to the funding. In an unusual public statement late October 7, top military commanders including the army chief said they had 'serious concerns' about the bill, which hinges some aid on hard-up Pakistan's efforts to battle Islamist extremism. US Congress last week voted to triple aid to Pakistan to 7.5 billion dollars over the next five years, part of US President Barack Obama's plan to battle militancy through development and fostering democratic institutions.
  3. A Pakistani Shiite Muslim man torches an US flag during a protest against the US Kerry-Lugar Bill in Karachi on October 9, 2009. Pakistan's parliament resumed debate on a massive US aid package after rifts opened up between the military and the government over strings attached to the funding. In an unusual public statement late October 7, top military commanders including the army chief said they had 'serious concerns' about the bill, which hinges some aid on hard-up Pakistan's efforts to battle Islamist extremism. US Congress last week voted to triple aid to Pakistan to 7.5 billion dollars over the next five years, part of US President Barack Obama's plan to battle militancy through development and fostering democratic institutions.
  4. A Pakistani Shiite Muslim man carries a burning US flag during a protest against the US Kerry-Lugar Bill in Karachi on October 9, 2009. Pakistan's parliament resumed debate on a massive US aid package after rifts opened up between the military and the government over strings attached to the funding. In an unusual public statement late October 7, top military commanders including the army chief said they had 'serious concerns' about the bill, which hinges some aid on hard-up Pakistan's efforts to battle Islamist extremism. US Congress last week voted to triple aid to Pakistan to 7.5 billion dollars over the next five years, part of US President Barack Obama's plan to battle militancy through development and fostering democratic institutions.
  5. The seat of US Representative Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina, remains empty on September 10, 2009 at the Congressional Oversight Committee at the US Capitol. Wilson yelled 'You lie' at US President Barack Obama on September 9 during his speech to the US Congress. Wilson has apologized for the remark.
  6. Vice President Joe Biden (L) talks with U.S. Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) (Top R) and U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) (Front R) before the start of U.S. President Barack Obama's health care reform speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 9, 2009.
  7. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama dances with daughter Sasha as they walk from the Oval Office to a luau, or a Hawaiian feast, on the South Lawn of the White House for members of Congress and their families in Washington, June 25, 2009.
  8. FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 file photo, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, right, arrive at a State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington. Congress wants to talk to the husband and wife who slipped through security into last week's state dinner at the White House. But on the eve of the Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 hearing by the House Homeland Security Committee about how they did it, Tareq and Michaele Salahi declined to show up for questions.
  9. Protestors hold signs behind Richard Fuld, Chairman and Chief Executive of Lehman Brothers Holdings, as he takes his seat to testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the causes and effects of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 6, 2008. Fuld told Congress on Monday that U.S. banking regulators knew exactly how Lehman was pricing its distressed assets and about its liquidity in the months before its collapse. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst.
  10. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (R) stands in front of Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) as they arrive for U.S. President George W. Bush's annual State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 23, 2007.
  11. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reacts as she takes the podium for the first time after she was elected the first ever female Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on the first day of the 110th Congress in Washington January 4, 2007. REUTERS/Larry Downing.
  12. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Executive Board Member of Friends of Caritas Cubana Ignacio Sosa testifies before before the House Foreign Affairs Committee during a hearing on the travel ban for U.S. citizens to Cuba on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard from witnesses on both sides of the issue as Congress gears up for a battle over Cuba policy, with proponents saying they have their best chance in years of repealing the decades-old ban on U.S. tourist travel to the island.
  13. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Former Chief of Mission of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana James Cason testifies before before the House Foreign Affairs Committee during a hearing on the travel ban for U.S. citizens to Cuba on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard from witnesses on both sides of the issue as Congress gears up for a battle over Cuba policy, with proponents saying they have their best chance in years of repealing the decades-old ban on U.S. tourist travel to the island.
  14. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Former Cuban political prisoners Guillermo Estevez listens to testimony during a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the travel ban for U.S. citizens to Cuba on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard from witnesses on both sides of the issue as Congress gears up for a battle over Cuba policy, with proponents saying they have their best chance in years of repealing the decades-old ban on U.S. tourist travel to the island. Estevez, a pilot in the Cuban Air Force, was sentanced to 30 years in prison in 1959 by Fidel Castro's revolutionary government. He served 20 years of hard labor in 12 different prisons where he says he was tortured and isolated.
  15. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: In a break with many in his party, House Foreign Affairs Committee member Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) gives an opening statement about the need to lift the travel ban for U.S. citizens to Cuba on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard from witnesses on both sides of the issue as Congress gears up for a battle over Cuba policy, with proponents saying they have their best chance in years of repealing the decades-old ban on U.S. tourist travel to the island.
  16. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Cuban citizen Berta Antunez (L), sister of Cuban pro-democracy activist Jorge Luis Garcia Perez, prepares to testify before before the House Foreign Affairs Committee during a hearing on the travel ban for U.S. citizens to Cuba on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard from witnesses on both sides of the issue as Congress gears up for a battle over Cuba policy, with proponents saying they have their best chance in years of repealing the decades-old ban on U.S. tourist travel to the island.

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  13. A coal worker shovels soft coal to make coal briquettes at a coal depot in Beijing, China, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. China's advancing rapidly in the use of renewable energy but Chinese continue to rely on highly polluting coal to supply two thirds of it's energy.
  14. French Defense Minister Herve Morin inspects a guard of honor on his arrival at Indian Defense Ministry office in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Morin is on a two-day official visit to India.
  15. French Defense Minister Herve Morin, left, with his Indian counterpart A.K. Antony arrives at Indian Defense Ministry office in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Morin is on a two-day official visit to India.
  16. Coal briquettes pounded from soft coal sit on a bicycle cart ready for sale and distribution at a coal depot in Beijing, China, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. China's advancing rapidly in the use of renewable energy but Chinese continue to rely on highly polluting coal to supply two thirds of it's energy.