US President Barack Obama signs H.R. 6156, the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, on December 14, 2012 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. The legislation would punish officials tied to the November 2009 death of lawyer and anti-corruption activist Sergei Magnitsky in a Moscow detention centre, denying them entry to the US and freezing their assets. Looking on from left are: Senator Roger Wicker, R-MS, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, Mark Levin, Executive Director of NCSJ, Senator Ben Cardin, D-MD, Klaus Kleinfeld, Chairman and CEO, Alcoa Inc., Senator Joe Lieberman, I-CT, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-MT, Democratic Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-MD, House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Rep. Sandy Levin, D-MI, Representative Jim McGovern, D-MA, Representative Gregory Meeks, D-NY, Acting Secretary of the Department of Commerce Rebecca Blank, and Douglas Oberhelman, Chairman and CEO, Caterpillar, Inc. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN