President Obama delivers remarks at the White House Science Fair in the East Room at the White House in Washington, D.C.

President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China stand at attention on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C. during a welcoming ceremony for the Chinese leader.

Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn. and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., were feeling buoyant as they arrive for a news conference following the Wall Street Reform Bill vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Sen. Dodd's daughter Gracie accompanied her dad to the press conference on crutches.

Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Ben S. Bernanke in the hallway outside his office at the Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee, Solicitor General Elena Kagan answers questions during her second day of Senate confirmation hearings.

President Bush pretends to not hear a reporter's question during a surprise visit to the last briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House before it was closed for renovation.

President Bush opens the door to the Oval Office for President-elect Barack Obama after welcoming him to the White House.

Just two days after his inauguration, President Barack Obama signs an executive order to close Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba at his desk in the Oval Office at the White House.

South Carolina Governor-elect Nikki Haley answers reporter's questions in the US Capitol after a press conference with House Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-OH), and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on their collaborative efforts to help create jobs, cut spending, and repeal the health care law.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, second from left, grabs the hand of far right, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Ct., at a press conference held after the Senate vote on the Healthcare Reconciliation Bill at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. left is Sen. Kent Conrad, and second from right is Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-NJ.

For the first time, First Lady Laura Bush campaigned without her husband for Bush/Cheney Victory 2004 on a bus tour of New Hampshire. Surrounded by dark suited US Secret Service agents, she demurely spoke at a rally at the Lebanon Opera House, in Lebanon, NH.

Former students and family of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee, Solicitor General Elena Kagan listen as she is questioned during confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Democratic Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. fiddles with her wedding ring during a news conference to discuss the federal budget at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC.

Sen. Tom Daschle, D-ND, greets committee members before his testimony during the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, to consider his nomination to be the Health and Human Services Secretary. l-r, From left are, the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., committee Chairman Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., Daschle and Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.

A beleaguered Rep. Charles Rangel, D-NY, waits for the elevator outside his office on Capitol Hill, the morning of his House censure for ethics violations.

Sen. Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III, R-AL., middle, waits in the Green Room at CBS for his appearance on Face the Nation.

Republican Presidential candidate John McCain arrives at Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport for the Republican National Convention and greets his running mate Sarah Palin, along with her family including pregnant Bristol Palin and for the first time, meets her boyfriend Levi Johnston.

Rhonda Smith of Sevierville, Tenn. weeps during her testimony about her Lexus's sudden acceleration. The hearing was on consumer complaints about sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles and the decision to recall millions of vehicles, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, in the inaugural parade, on the way to the White House after he was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States.

A man races up the staircase in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.

Sec. of State Colin Powell plugs his ears while regaling a tale to President Bush in the Oval Office of the White House.

Sen. John McCain, R-AZ., and Host Bob Schieffer share war stories in the Green Room before McCain's appearance on Face the Nation at CBS studios in Washington, D.C.

Senior Staff members of President George W. Bush, l-r, Ari Fleischer, Karen Hughes, Mary Matalin, and Karl Rove wait outside the Oval Office for a briefing with the President on his one hundreth day in office.

A White House butler sets out glasses of water for President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, before a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington D.C.

Congressional Oversight Panel Chair Elizabeth Warren, works in the anteroom before presiding over a Congressional Oversight Panel hearing about the governmentŐs Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and the governmentŐs broader financial stability efforts.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attend the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao of the People’s Republic of China, take news media questions during a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Ben S. Bernanke sat in the hot seat during the Nation's financial crisis and contines to face more political challenges over financial regulatory reform. He sits in the hallway outside his office at the Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C.

Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-MA, makes a comment to an aide during a hearing at the US Capitol, to consider the nomination of Thomas Daschle to be the Health and Human Services Secretary.

Rep. Robert Turner, R-NY, looks at his shoes in his new office in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. after won his seat last represented by the disgraced Rep. Anthony D. Weiner, D-NY.

Texas Gov. George W. Bush embraces his wife Laura after accepting the nomination of the Republican Party to be President of the United States during the Republican National Convention, at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pa.

A Capitol Hill staffer celebrates a rare solitary stroll down the hall of the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

President Bush listens to a hurricane briefing at FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C. surrounded by Sec. Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and new FEMA Director R. David Paulison.

US Sec. of Defense Don Rumsfeld defends Iraq war strategy before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in DC., in between Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace and Army General John Abizaid, Commander of the United States Central Command.

With his security detail and staff in tow, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks through the halls of the U.S. Capitol to a mid-day press conference to discuss the federal budget.

Newt Gingrich at his office in Washington DC.

President Barack Obama dances with First Lady Michelle Obama and a stagefull of ladies at the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.

First Lady Michelle Obama hosts a gathering in the East Room at the White House, in Washington D.C., celebrating "Women in the Military." She listens to remarks of Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.

Malia Obama reaches out to touch "Courage", after President Obama, startled her with a nudge as her little sister Sasha watches. President Obama issued a presidential pardon to Courage, a 20-week-old, 45-pound turkey from Princeton, N.C., at the White House in Washington, D.C.

President Obama welcomes Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-MD, and Sen. Jack Reed, D-RI, arrive at a news conference following Wall Street Reform cloture vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

President Bush participates in a photo opportunity with Former President George H.W. Bush, President-elect Barack Obama, Former President William J. Clinton and Former President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C.

National Security Advisor Condeleezza Rice gazes through the crowd of political clout gathered in the East Room of the White House to watch President George W. Bush sign the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan.

President Obama, listens to remarks of Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a ceremony at the Pentagon to honor victims of the deadly attacks of September 11, 2001.

Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass. speaks to a reporter, left while right, an aid from his office Gail Gitcho records the interview, following the Wall Street Reform Bill vote at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Brown was one of three Senate Republicans to vote for the bill.

Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Ben S. Bernanke in the hallway outside his office at the Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C.