WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 24: U.S. President Barack Obama greets members of the U.S. Congress before addressing a joint meeting of the two legislative houses February 24, 2009 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. In his remarks Obama was expected to address the topics of the struggling U.S. economy, the budget deficit, and health care. Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 24: U.S. President Barack Obama greets members of the U.S. Congress before addressing a joint meeting of the two legislative houses February 24, 2009 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. In his remarks Obama was expected to address the topics of the struggling U.S. economy, the budget deficit, and health care.

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  1. 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.
  2. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Former Cuban political prisoners listen to testimony from witnesses 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.
  3. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: Activists protest in front of the DC office of Goldman Sachs November 16, 2009 in Washington, DC. The protest was held to 'demand an end to the Too Big To Fail doctrine, request that their projected $23 billion in bonuses and compensation go to foreclosure prevention programs, and call on Congress to take immediate action on reform.'
  4. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) prepares to testify before the Senate Budget Committee Capitol Hill November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Lieberman and bipartisan members of Congress were set to testifying about proposals for long-term fiscal stability in the wake of last year's financial meltdown.
  5. LAKEWOOD - NOVEMBER 09: Miguel Lopez, largely paralyzed from the chest down, lies in his bed at home on November 9, 2009 in Lakewood, Colorado. Lopez, a Mexican immigrant whose three children were born in the United States and are American citizens, broke his neck last summer while playing with his daughters on a backyard trampoline. Formerly a construction worker, Lopez had no health insurance when the accident occurred. Like millions of other immigrants, he would still not be covered under health care reform legislation in Congress. He receives home health care visits from Dominican Sisters Home Health Agency, a non-profit that performs some 25,000 home visits each year in the Denver area. It provides free home nursing care to patients with chronic diseases, helps them to better manage their disabling illnesses and provides custodial services with the aim of keeping patients in their homes and out of more expensive nursing home care.
  6. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 05: Fr. Norman Weslin (R) of Omaha, Nebraska, is dragged by U.S. Capitol Police after refusing to leave Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) office while demonstrating against the health care reform bill at the Cannon House Office Building November 5, 2009 in Washington, DC. The protesters were voicing their opposition to Congress' health care reform legislation, saying it supports government funding of abortion.
  7. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 04: Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) talks to reporters after announcing his sponsorhip of an ammendment to the House version of health reform legislation outside the Capitol November 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. The ammendment to the 'Affordable Health Care for America Act' would automatically enroll all members of Congress in the 'public option'.
  8. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 3: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (L) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) talk before a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany addressed the joint meeting of the US House of Representatives and Senate after meeting with President Barack Obama earlier in the day.

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.

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  1. Two Afghan men hold on to their dog before the start of a dog fighting match in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.
  2. Imad, left and Idan Mohammed prepare tea in front off camels at al-Sahan desert about 230 kilometers ( 150 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.
  3. A dog tied to a tree barks at another being held by two Afghans, before a dog fighting match in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.
  4. Police officers and medical assistants escort defendant John Demjanjuk as he lies on a stretcher, during a trial recess in the country court in Munich, southern Germany, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. A German court put John Demjanjuk on trial Monday to face charges of being an accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews at a Nazi death camp and his lawyer immediately accused the court in Munich of bias.
  5. British singer Cliff Richard poses for photographers with his band "Cliff Richard and The Shadows" before meeting fans at a music store in London November 30, 2009.
  6. A painting by Chinese artist Fu Bao Shi, titled "Landscape inspired by Dufu Poetic Sentiment", is seen in Hong Kong in this undated handout released on November 30, 2009. The painting was hammered off for HK$60 million ($7.7 million), a price market experts said was around four times higher than its 2006 price. Sales of traditional Chinese paintings and old masters notched up firm results at Christie's autumn sales in Hong Kong, outshining Chinese contemporary art. To match Reuters Life! HONGKONG-ART/CHRISTIES.
  7. A Lebanese environmental activist runs in his underwear in Beirut November 30, 2009. The activity was organised by the League of Independent Activists (IndyACT) to raise money for youth activists from the Arab region who will have to travel to take part in the COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen.
  8. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (R) shakes hands with Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko after handing over an agreement in Tehran November 30, 2009.
  9. Afghans use their camera phones as they watch a dog fighting match in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.
  10. Afghans cheer for their favored dog at a dog fighting match in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009.
  11. OVERTON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 30: Martin McCallan, a farmer at Laverstoke Park Farm, feeds the farm's organic Norfolk Black turkeys, before preparing the birds for the Christmas table on November 30 2009 in Overton, England. On Wednesday the turkeys - that have been fed on a natural diet including over 30 grasses, herbs and clovers which the farm's fields are sown with - will be collected by a processor to be prepared for Christmas Day. Although the farm's order book for the turkeys - which currently command nearly 14GBP a kilo and will all be delivered from December 22 - is full, supermarket chains are gearing up for a price war to attract cash-strapped British consumers this Christmas.
  12. OVERTON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 30: Martin McCallan, a farmer at Laverstoke Park Farm, feeds the farm's organic Norfolk Black turkeys, before preparing the birds for the Christmas table on November 30 2009 in Overton, England. On Wednesday the turkeys - that have been fed on a natural diet including over 30 grasses, herbs and clovers which the farm's fields are sown with - will be collected by a processor to be prepared for Christmas Day. Although the farm's order book for the turkeys - which currently command nearly 14GBP a kilo and will all be delivered from December 22 - is full, supermarket chains are gearing up for a price war to attract cash-strapped British consumers this Christmas.
  13. DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 30: Andy Flower, the England head coach, talks to the press during a press confernce at the Southern Sun Hotel on November 30, 2009 in Durban, South Africa.
  14. DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 30: Andy Flower, the England head coach, talks to the press during a press confernce at the Southern Sun Hotel on November 30, 2009 in Durban, South Africa.
  15. DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 30: Andy Flower, the England head coach, talks to the press during a press confernce at the Southern Sun Hotel on November 30, 2009 in Durban, South Africa.
  16. DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 30: Andy Flower, the England head coach, talks to the press during a press confernce at the Southern Sun Hotel on November 30, 2009 in Durban, South Africa.