NEW YORK - JULY 30: Former New York mayor and presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani smiles at a question after an economic speech July 30, 2009 in New York City. Giuliani discussed the nation's economy and President Obama's policies at the Crain's New York Business Breakfast Forum and also touched on the issue of whether he plans to run for governor of New York in 2010. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

NEW YORK - JULY 30: Former New York mayor and presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani smiles at a question after an economic speech July 30, 2009 in New York City. Giuliani discussed the nation's economy and President Obama's policies at the Crain's New York Business Breakfast Forum and also touched on the issue of whether he plans to run for governor of New York in 2010.

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  1. RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - DECEMBER 06: Surfers wait for a set of waves at a beach December 6, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The beach is an interregnal part of life for residents of Rio. Brazilian officials, joined by Rudy Giuliani in Rio, announced Thursday they would hire the former New York mayor as a long-term security advisor for the 2016 Olympic Games in the city. As Brazil prepares to host the 2016 Summer Olympics international scrutiny is falling on Rio de Janeiro's favelas where over 5,000 people were murdered last year alone. In the last week violence in tourist areas has increased as drug gangs are increasingly reacting to an increased police presence in the favelas. In figures released Tuesday by the IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica) statistics agency it was found that an average of 68 young Brazilian men died violently each day between 1998 and 2008. These numbers included murder, traffic accidents and gang violence involving the police.
  2. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media at the Molinari Republican Club dinner on November 16, 2009 in Staten Island, New York. Giuliani has said that the Obama administration has become soft on terrorism following a decision by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in a civilian court in New York City.
  3. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: A woman walks by as a New York City Police emergency vehicle idles on Wall Street on November 16, 2009 in New York City. A decision by the United States Attorney General Eric Holder to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of 9/11, to New York City to face trial in a civilian court rather than a military commission has divided New Yorkers. Four other accused terrorists from Guantanamo Bay are to be brought with Mohammed to a high-security federal prison in Manhattan. Many people, including the mayor of New York at the time of the September 11 terrorist attacks, Rudolph W. Giuliani, have voiced security concerns about bringing the suspects to Manhattan.
  4. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 12: (L-R) Chef Tom Colicchio, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and editor of O Magazine Gayle King speak at the TIME's 2009 Person of the Year at the Time & Life Building on November 12, 2009 in New York City.
  5. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 06: (L-R) Former New York City Mayors David Dinkins, Ed Koch, and Rudolph Giuliani talk prior to the start of the New York Yankees World Series Victory Celebration at City Hall on November 6, 2009 in New York, New York.
  6. Mary Lou Stanton reaches across the bar to shake hands with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani as he joins Republican candidate for New Jersey governor Chris Christie to address a group of supporters Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in West Milford, N.J. Christie will face Gov. Jon S. Corzine and Independent Chris Daggett in next week's election.
  7. NEW YORK - OCTOBER 09: Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani looks on as the New York Yankees take on the Minnesota Twins in Game Two of the ALDS during the 2009 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium on October 9, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City.
  8. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani speaks at Ground Zero during a 9/11 memorial ceremony on September 11, 2009 in New York City. Family of the victims, government officials and others gathered at the annual ceremony to remember the attacks that killed more than 2,700 people with the destruction of the World Trade Center, the crash at the Pentagon and United 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.

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  1. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media at the Molinari Republican Club dinner on November 16, 2009 in Staten Island, New York. Giuliani has said that the Obama administration has become soft on terrorism following a decision by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in a civilian court in New York City.
  2. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media at the Molinari Republican Club dinner on November 16, 2009 in Staten Island, New York. Giuliani has said that the Obama administration has become soft on terrorism following a decision by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in a civilian court in New York City.
  3. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media at the Molinari Republican Club dinner on November 16, 2009 in Staten Island, New York. Giuliani has said that the Obama administration has become soft on terrorism following a decision by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in a civilian court in New York City.
  4. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media at the Molinari Republican Club dinner on November 16, 2009 in Staten Island, New York. Giuliani has said that the Obama administration has become soft on terrorism following a decision by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in a civilian court in New York City.
  5. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media at the Molinari Republican Club dinner on November 16, 2009 in Staten Island, New York. Giuliani has said that the Obama administration has become soft on terrorism following a decision by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in a civilian court in New York City.
  6. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media at the Molinari Republican Club dinner on November 16, 2009 in Staten Island, New York. Giuliani has said that the Obama administration has become soft on terrorism following a decision by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in a civilian court in New York City.
  7. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media at the Molinari Republican Club dinner on November 16, 2009 in Staten Island, New York. Giuliani has said that the Obama administration has become soft on terrorism following a decision by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in a civilian court in New York City.
  8. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media at the Molinari Republican Club dinner on November 16, 2009 in Staten Island, New York. Giuliani has said that the Obama administration has become soft on terrorism following a decision by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in a civilian court in New York City.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Kathrina Norris (L) and Matt Cross (R) 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.
  16. 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.

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  4. Members of the Black Watch, 3rd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland disperse after gathering at the Black Watch Memorial at Aberfeldy, in Scotland December 10, 2009. The Black Watch assembled at the memorial and marched through the town of Aberfeldy in appreciation of the support offered during their recent deployment to Afghanistan.
  5. U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama waves after delivering his Nobel lecture at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at City Hall in Oslo December 10, 2009. The United States must uphold moral standards when waging wars that are necessary and justified, Obama said on Thursday as he accepted the Nobel Prize for Peace. Next to Obama is Nobel Committee member Kaci Kullmann Five.
  6. HOCHFILZEN, AUSTRIA - DECEMBER 10: Simon Schempp of Germany looks on at the shooting stand during a training session prior to the IBU Biathlon World Cup on December 10, 2009 in Hochfilzen, Austria.
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  12. U.S. actor Will Smith and his daugther Willow, left, applauds President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama and his wife Michelle, at the end of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at City Hall in Oslo, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009.
  13. China's Sun Yang competes to win the gold medal in the Men's 400m swimming freestyle swimming final at the Hong Kong East Asian Games, in Hong Kong, China, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009.
  14. A Palestinian lowers himself into a tunnel on the border with Egypt and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip,Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. Israel and Egypt have blockaded Gaza since the militant group Hamas seized power there in 2007. Gaza residents use tunnels to haul in supplies from Egypt.
  15. Supporters of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra wait to light candles during an anti-government demonstration Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protestors, know as "Red Shirts" are calling for more rallies in the coming weeks in a bid to unseat Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
  16. Obama family guest Valerie Jarrett cries during the Nobel lecture of President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at City Hall in Oslo, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009.