Panama

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The North Korean-flagged cargo ship Chong Chon Gang (in yellow) sits docked at the Manzanillo International Container Terminal on the coast at Colon City, Panama, early on Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Panama's president said the country has seized the ship, which was carrying what appeared to be ballistic missiles and other arms. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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United States' Jozy Altidore, second from right, celebrates with Brad Evans, right, and Eddie Johnson, third from right, and other teammates after Altidore scored a goal against Panama in the first half of a World Cup qualifier soccer match, Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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A Panama border police officer questions two migrants from India at a police station in the Darien province on the border with Colombia, in Yaviza, Panama. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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Migrants rest in a shelter after being found in the Darien province by Panama border police in Meteti, Panama. Panamanian authorities began noticing five years ago that the Darien Gap, the only interruption in the Pan-American Highway, was being used by migrant smugglers, usually to move people from Asia and Africa. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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Cuban migrants gather as they rest at a shelter along with another group of migrants from Bangladesh, after being found by Panamanian border police in the Darien province in Meteti, Panama. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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Two migrants from Bangladesh sit inside a police car after being found in the Darien province by Panama border police in Panama City. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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A Panama border police officer dressed as a clown rests on a cot before entertaining residents of the Darien province, on the border with Colombia, in Union Choco, Panama. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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Panama border police load boats with equipment and supplies to begin patrolling in the Darien province on the border with Colombia. Panama's Public Safety Minister Jose Murillo says that the movement of people from Asia and Africa has tapered off but that hundreds of Cubans are now taking the arduous Darien Gap route toward the United States. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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Panamanian border police load boats with equipment to begin patrolling for migrant smugglers, among other things. Panama’s public safety minister, Jose Murillo, says that hundreds of Cubans are now taking the arduous Darien Gap route northward to the United States. (Associated Press)

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A Panamanian border police officer points as he begins his patrol in Darien province, on the border with Colombia, in Yaviza, Panama. Panamanian authorities began noticing five years ago that the Darien Gap, the only interruption in the Pan-American Highway, was being used by migrant smugglers. (Associated Press)

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Cuban migrant Mayra Reyes, fourth from right, rests at a shelter with other Cubans with whom she traveled, along with migrants from Bangladesh, after being caught by Panamanian border police in Meteti, Panama. (Associated Press)

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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp said it looks like a deal will be worked out between President Obama and Capitol Hill Republicans that would allow the three long-stalled trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama to pass. "I think [members] are distracted with the debt issues," he said. "I think [the trade deals] are passed after the debt limit." (Associated Press)

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Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, center, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 30, 2011, to charge the Obama Administration of political tactics that undermine pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea. From left are: Sen. Michael B. Enzi, R-Wyo.; Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz.; Hatch; Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.; and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. (Associated Press)