New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (R), speaks to New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly on September 11, 2008 backstage during the ceremony marking the 7th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, in New York. Thousands gathered to dedicate the first September 11 memorial Thursday, observing a moment of silence at the instant seven years ago when an airliner slammed into the Pentagon, killing 184 people and five hijackers. A sailor rang a bell for each of the victims of the attack on the Pentagon, which followed strikes by airliners commandeered by Al-Qaeda suicide squads on the World Trade Center in New York. A fourth hijacked plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.
NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (Top) and Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff (Bottom) greet attendees during the 7th annual 9/11 commemoration ceremony held at Zuccotti Park September 11, 2008 in New York City. Family and friends of the victims, heads of government 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 on September 11, 2001.
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks during a news conference on fair pay for women on Capitol Hill September 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. Clinton joined Senate Agriculture Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) to unveil a Government Accountability Office report on how the Bush Administration is addressing pay inequities in the private and public sectors.
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks during a news conference on fair pay for women on Capitol Hill September 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. Clinton joined Senate Agriculture Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) to unveil a Government Accountability Office report on how the Bush Administration is addressing pay inequities in the private and public sectors.
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks during a news conference on fair pay for women on Capitol Hill September 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. Clinton joined Senate Agriculture Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) to unveil a Government Accountability Office report on how the Bush Administration is addressing pay inequities in the private and public sectors.
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: Senate Agriculture Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) (R) and U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) attend a about fair pay for women during a news conference on Capitol Hill September 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. Clinton joined Harkin to unveil a Government Accountability Office report on how the Bush Administration is addressing pay inequities in the private and public sectors.
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: Senate Agriculture Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) (R) and U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) talk about fair pay for women during a news conference on Capitol Hill September 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. Clinton joined Harkin to unveil a Government Accountability Office report on how the Bush Administration is addressing pay inequities in the private and public sectors.
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks during a news conference on fair pay for women on Capitol Hill September 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. Clinton joined Senate Agriculture Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) to unveil a Government Accountability Office report on how the Bush Administration is addressing pay inequities in the private and public sectors.
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks during a news conference on fair pay for women on Capitol Hill September 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. Clinton joined Senate Agriculture Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) to unveil a Government Accountability Office report on how the Bush Administration is addressing pay inequities in the private and public sectors.
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) holds up a newly released GAO report while speaking during a news conference on fair pay for women on Capitol Hill September 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. Clinton joined Senate Agriculture Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) to unveil a Government Accountability Office report on how the Bush Administration is addressing pay inequities in the private and public sectors.
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks during a news conference on fair pay for women on Capitol Hill September 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. Clinton joined Senate Agriculture Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) to unveil a Government Accountability Office report on how the Bush Administration is addressing pay inequities in the private and public sectors.
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) arrives for a news conference on fair pay for women on Capitol Hill September 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. Clinton joined Senate Agriculture Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) to unveil a Government Accountability Office report on how the Bush Administration is addressing pay inequities in the private and public sectors.
WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) arrives for a news conference on fair pay for women on Capitol Hill September 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. Clinton joined Senate Agriculture Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) to unveil a Government Accountability Office report on how the Bush Administration is addressing pay inequities in the private and public sectors.
US Democratic Presidential Candidate Senator Barack Obama speaks during funeral services for Ohio Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones at the Cleveland Public Auditorium at the Cleveland Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio, August 30, 2008, as former President Bill Clinton and Democratic New York Senator Hillary Clinton (R) listen onstage. Tubbs Jones died August 20, at the age of 58 from a brain hemorrage.
U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) arrives on the convention floor with Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) (L) and New York Gov. David Paterson (R), to move that U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) be nominated by acclamation, at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado August 27, 2008. Obama is expected to formally accept the Democratic presidential nomination at the convention on August 28.
DENVER - AUGUST 27: U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) waves a flag during former U.S. President Bill Clinton speech on day three of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the Pepsi Center August 27, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) will be officially be nominated as the Democratic candidate for U.S. president on the last day of the four-day convention.
U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), seen on monitors, asks delegates to suspend a roll call vote of states and approve the nomination of Senator Barack Obama by acclamation at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, August 27, 2008. Democrats nominated Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday as their presidential candidate in a historic first for a black American, sending him into battle against Republican John McCain.
Former Democratic presidential candidate U.S.Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), right, stands with New York Governor David Paterson (L) and U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), center, as she moved that U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) be nominated by acclamation by the Democratic National Convention in Denver, August 27, 2008. Clinton's resolution was accepted by the convention and Obama became the 2008 Democratic presidential nominee.
Former Democratic presidential candidate US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), center, stands with US Senator Charles Schumer (L) and New York Governor David Paterson (R) after she moved that US Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) be nominated by the Democratic National Convention in Denver, August 27, 2008. Clinton's resolution was accepted by the convention and Obama became the 2008 Democratic presidential nominee.
Former Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) arrives on the convention floor with Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) (L) and New York Gov. David Paterson, to move that U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) be nominated by acclamation as the Democratic presidential nominee,. at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado August 27, 2008. Obama is expected to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at the convention on August 28.
Former Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) arrives on the convention floor with Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) (L) and New York Gov. David Paterson (R), to move that U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) be nominated by acclamation, at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado August 27, 2008. Obama is expected to accept the Democratic presidential nomination at the convention on August 28.