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President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel's signatures in a guest book at Dresden Castle, Friday, June 5, 2009. (Stephen Crowley/The...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks on as U.S. President Barack Obama signs the guest book at Dresden Castle, Friday, June 5, 2009. (Stephen Crowley...

A combo of three photos offering a panoramic view of the Church of Our Lady of Dresden during a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chance...

President Barack Obama is accompanied by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, author Elie Wiesel, right, and Bertrand Hertz as he arrives to lay a rose at...

Accompanied by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Holocaust survivor bertrand Hertz, second from right, President Barack Obama bows his head as Elie...

Accompanied by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Holocaust survivor Bertrand Hertz, right, President Barack Obama looks on as Elie Wiesel speaks dur...

Christian supporters of the pro-American political alliance listen to candidates during a rally in Beirut, Lebanon, on June 3, 2009. Hezbollah is also...

From left, Aaron Tveit, Alice Ripley and J. Robert Spencer in "Next to Normal" at the Booth Theater in New York. The musical, about a family's struggl...

David Alvarez in "Billy Elliot" at the Imperial Theater in New York. "Bily Elliot" is the favorite for the Tony for Best Musical, but not a shoo-in. (...

U.S. President Barack Obama during a tour of the Great Pyramids and Sphinx in Giza, outside Cairo, Thursday, June 4, 2009. In a speech earlier at Cair...

President Barack Obama touring the Pyramids and Sphinx, background, in Giza, outside Cairo, Thursday, June 4, 2009. Obama earlier delivered a speech...

U.S. President Barack Obama, second from right, with senior advisor Valerie Jarrett and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel as Secretary General o...

U.S. President Barack Obama, third from left, with senior advisor Valerie Jarrett, second from left, and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, four...

Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President Barack Obama, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Reggie Love, right, Obama's personal aide, on c...

*FILE PHOTO* -- Rep. Artur Davis in his office in Birmingham, Ala., in 2007. The speaker at the Democratic convention last August at the Pepsi Center...

*FILE PHOTO* -- Rep. Artur Davis in his office in Birmingham, Ala., in 2007. The speaker at the Democratic convention last August at the Pepsi Center...

U.S. President Barack Obama with Saudi King Abdullah under a portrait of King Abdul Aziz at the king's Farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 3...

U.S. President Barack Obama with Saudi King Abdullah during their meeting at the king's farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Obama a...

U.S. President Barack Obama with Saudi King Abdullah at the king's farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Seated at far left is Rahm E...

U.S. President Barack Obama puts on a medal given to him by Saudi King Abdullah, right, at the king's Farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 3,...

U.S. President Barack Obama with by Saudi King Abdullah after Obama arrived on Air Force in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Obama arriv...

U.S. President Barack Obama with by Saudi King Abdullah as they review an honor guard during arrival ceremonies in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday,...

U.S. President Barack Obama greets Saudi officials as King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, right, looks on at the king's farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wedne...

U.S. President Barack Obama with Saudi King Abdullah at the king's farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Seated from right is James J...

U.S. President Barack Obama with Saudi King Abdullah at the king's farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Seated at far left is Rahm E...

U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia after receiving a medal at the king's Farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednes...

U.S. President Barack Obama with Saudi King Abdullah under a portrait of King Abdul Aziz at the king's Farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 3...

Don Skidmore, president of Local 735 of the United Auto Workers, the main labor union at General Motors, in his office in Canton, Mich., Monday, June...

Ron Howell, a GM retiree, pays a visit to his union colleagues at Local 735 of the United Auto Workers, in Canton, Mich., Monday, June 1, 2009. Member...

After filing for bankruptcy on Monday, General Motors said it would close 14 plants including this one, the Willow Run transmission plant in Ypsilanti...

"I was angry at first, then I cried, and I got angry again," said Don Skidmore, president of UAW Local 735 which represents workers at the GM plant in...

A sign outside UAW Local 735 in Canton, Mich., restricting parking to American built cars. After filing for bankruptcy on Monday, General Motors said...

"I was angry at first, then I cried, and I got angry again," said Don Skidmore, president of UAW Local 735 which represents workers at the GM plant in...

Members of UAW Local 735 in Canton, Mich., watch Fritz Henderson, chief executive of General Motors, during a news conference after GM filed for bankr...

Surrounded by members of his cabinet and economic team, President Barack Obama delivers a statement about the bankruptcy filing of General Motors, at...

President Barack Obama walks away from the podium after delivering a statement about the bankruptcy filing of General Motors, at the White House in Wa...

Surrounded by members of his cabinet and economic team, President Barack Obama delivers a statement about the bankruptcy filing of General Motors, at...

Surrounded by members of his cabinet and economic team, President Barack Obama delivers a statement about the bankruptcy filing of General Motors, at...

President Barack Obama heads for the Green Room of the White House after delivering a statement about General Motors filing for bankruptcy, Monday, Ju...

Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor talks with White House lawyers during a meeting at the White House in Washington, Monday, June 1, 2009. (D...

Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor meets with members of the White House Counsel's office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the...

Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor meets with members of the White House Counsel's office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the...

**FILE PHOTO** Walter Cronkite at his apartment in New York in 1999. Cronkite, an iconic CBS News journalist who defined the role of anchorman for a g...

**FILE PHOTO** Walter Cronkite at his apartment in New York in 1999. Cronkite, an iconic CBS News journalist who defined the role of anchorman for a g...

**FILE PHOTO** Walter Cronkite during the opening ceremony at the New York Hall of Science's Rocket Park in 2004. Cronkite, an iconic CBS News journal...

**FILE PHOTO** Walter Cronkite during an interview in New York in 1999. Cronkite, an iconic CBS News journalist who defined the role of anchorman for...

**FILE PHOTO** Walter Cronkite during an interview in New York in 1999. Cronkite, an iconic CBS News journalist who defined the role of anchorman for...

**FILE PHOTO** Walter Cronkite during an interview in New York in 1999. Cronkite, an iconic CBS News journalist who defined the role of anchorman for...

**FILE PHOTO** Walter Cronkite during an interview in New York in 1999. Cronkite, an iconic CBS News journalist who defined the role of anchorman for...

Walter Cronkite as most Americans got to know him, on television, in 1964. Cronkite, an iconic CBS News journalist who defined the role of anchorman f...