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Islamic students hold placards welcoming Mr. Vastanvi as they await his arrival Feb. 24 in Ahmadabad, India. The council that hired him in January is already considering his dismissal. (Associated Press)
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Businesses solicit prospective employees as students fill out job applications during the Springfield Collegiate Career Job Fair at the University of Illinois at Springfield, Ill., on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican, said Tuesday that a Pew Hispanic Center report showed more than 7 million people are working in the country illegally and noted that the unemployment rates in minority communities are well above the national average. (Associated Press)
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President Obama speaks during a bipartisan meeting of governors in the State Dining Room of the White House on Monday. The president told members of the National Governors Association about "innovation waivers" that would allow states to opt out of parts of the health care law. (Associated Press)
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WIGGLE ROOM: President Obama is willing to give states the opportunity to opt out of parts of the health care law. (Bloomberg)
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Missouri state Rep. Eric Burlison says his compact proposal isn't health care reform, but rather "governance reform."
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Hundreds of Kansans participate in a pro-union rally on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011, on the south steps of the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Multiple union solidarity rallies organized by MoveOn.org are planned for Saturday, staged under the "Job Party" banner. (Image from Democrats.com)
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HUMP DAY: Comedy Central's Jon Stewart failed to get a regal camel to cooperate at a Wisconsin union rally. (Courtesy of Comedy Central)
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker discusses his proposal to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers in Madison, Wis., on Wednesday. Opponents are in their ninth day of protests. (Associated Press)
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Opponents of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's bill to eliminate most collective-bargaining rights for many state employees take part in their eighth day of protesting Tuesday at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away in Denver, union activists rallied in a show of support. (Associated Press)
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“We don't know the cost of the health care bill or how many people they're going to hire,” says Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan Republican. (Associated Press)
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Union member Mark Wetzel of Hot Sprngs, Ark., wears a hat made from balloons at a rally in support of Wisconsin union members at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Arkansas union members rally in support of Wisconsin state unionized workers at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Demonstrators rally at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. Hundreds of union members crowded the hallways to protest of a contentious labor bill. (AP Photo/Tom Strattman)
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People rally on the Vermont Statehouse steps on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, in Montpelier, Vt. Labor unions in the state are rallying in support of Wisconsin workers locked in a battle over collective bargaining rights. More than 300 people, including teachers, firefighters, nurses and other union members and supporters, turned out in bitter cold in Vermont's capital Tuesday for a rally supporting the workers balking at Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's plan. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
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Protesters bang drums and shout slogans at the state Capitol on Monday in Madison, Wis. They were there to oppose Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's proposed legislation to curtail collective-bargaining rights for most state employees. (Associated Press)
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Opponents of Gov. Scott Walker's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers protest in the Rotunda of the Capitol in Madison, Wis., on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)
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Wisconsin Rep. Joe Parisi, center, D-Madison, cheers on the crowd on the fourth day of large scale protests at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. Union members, students and others have been protesting the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)
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FILE - In this March 20, 2010, file photo, George Cohen, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), appears in Washington. The NFL and its players' union agreed Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, to mediation in their labor dispute, two weeks before the collective bargaining agreement expires. The FMSCS, an independent U.S. government agency, will oversee negotiations in Washington beginning Friday. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)
