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A light snow falls on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, the day following President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., bangs the gavel to start the committee's hearing to examine global challenges and U.S. national security strategy, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Alan Gross (C), the US contractor released from prison in Cuba last month, is applauded during US President Barack Obama's State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington on January 20, 2015. AFP PHOTO/POOL/MANDEL NGAN
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President Barack Obama delivers the State of Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)
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President Barack Obama smiles as he arrives to deliver the State of Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Washington, as Vice President Joe Biden, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, watch. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)
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President Barack Obama delivers the State of Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Washington, as Vice President Joe Biden, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, listen. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)
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President Barack Obama delivers the State of Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Washington, as Vice President Joe Biden, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, listen. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)
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Pope Francis is likely to meet world leaders in New York as well as President Obama and congressional leaders in Washington on a trip planned for September. (Associated Press)
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First lady Michelle Obama talks with Army Ranger Sgt. 1st Class Cory Remsburg during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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First lady Michelle Obama stands with Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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From left, first lady Michelle Obama, Brianna Mast, Jill Biden ad Staff Sgt. Brian Mast applaud during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Kathy Proctor of Winston-Salem, N.C., applauds at left, as first lady Michelle Obama waves on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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First Lady Laura Bush, right, shakes the hand of Army Staff Sergeant Norbert Lara, as Iraqi voter Safia Taleb al-Suhail, center, and New Mexico teacher Lorna Clark, left, look on at the State of the Union address Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with Jack Smith, CEO of General Motors, left, and Lane Kirkland, president of the AFL-CIO, before President Bill Clinton’s State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 25, 1994. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)
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First lady Nancy Reagan congratulates, from left, Richard Cavoli, Tyrone Ford, Shelby Butler and Trevor Farrell, young heroes that President Ronald Reagan honored during his State of the Union address on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1986 on Capitol Hill, Washington. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)
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Philadelphia 76ers guard Michael Carter-Williams (1) tries to drive between Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal (3) and guard John Wall (2) in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Pope Francis, an Argentine who has never visited the U.S., said he planned to visit Washington and New York City as part of his trip to the World Meeting of Families, which is scheduled for September in Philadelphia. (Associated Press File)
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Children participate in the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, right, and his wife Ashley walk through the Booksellers Area as they arrive for the State Dinner in honor of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Monday, May 7, 2007, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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This photo taken Nov. 6, 2014, shows entertainer Bill Cosby gesturing during an interview about the upcoming exhibit, "Conversations: African and African-American Artworks in Dialogue," at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
