Washington

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Former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger introduces China's President Hu Jintao to leaders from the private and public sectors, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 in Washington, at a luncheon co-hosted by the U.S.-China Business Council. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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House Speaker-designate John Boehner of Ohio wipes away tears as he waits to receive the gavel from outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California during the first session of the 112th Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, after signing the $858 billion tax deal into law in a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Three examples of proposed warning graphics that will appear on cigarette packaging as part of the government's new tobacco prevention efforts, seen in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Barack Obama walks past a portrait of former President Jimmy Carter, right, in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, as he headed to the East Room for a news conference the day after the midterm elections. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Trick-or-treaters get their treat at the North Portico of the White House during a Halloween celebrations, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

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President Barack Obama is pictured during a commercial break as he talks with host Jon Stewart as he takes part in a taping of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

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** FILE ** Kevin Ring testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in June 2005. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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President Obama (right) shakes hands with Princeton University Professor Cornel West (center) and poet Sonia Sanchez (left) after delivering remarks at the National Urban League's 100th anniversary convention in Washington on Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

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In this Oct. 3, 2005, file photo, veteran reporter and commentator Daniel Schorr sits at the microphone in the studios of National Public Radio in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

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FILE - In this June 17, 2010 file photo, actor and Ocean Therapy Solutions partner Kevin Costner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)

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President Barack Obama, left, points to Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., center, and Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., right, after signing the Dodd Frank-Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in a ceremony in the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, Wednesday, July 21, 2010.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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**FILE** President Obama meets with Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on June 29, 2010. (Associated Press)

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Then-President George W. Bush carries his two dogs, Barney, foreground, and Miss Beazley, background, down the steps of Air Force One on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2006, near Washington. Mr. Bush was returning to Washington after spending 11 days in Texas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) headquarters in Washington (Associated Press) **FILE**

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** FILE ** Ben Ali, owner of Ben's Chili Bowl, accepts congratulations on Friday, Aug. 22, 2003, for the Washington landmark's 45th year anniversary. The local eatery's patriarch and Washington, D.C. icon, whose customers included Bill Cosby, Jessie Jackson, Washington D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 at the age of 82. (Roey Yohai / The Washington Times)