The Dalai Lama greets the audience outside the U.S. Capitol after he received a
Congressional Gold Medal in Washington on October 17, 2007.
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) campaigns at a fundraiser for the Democratic
presidential nomination at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington on March 26,
2008.
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) arrives at the U.S. District Courthouse for his
arraignment in Washington on July 31, 2008. Stevens has been indicted on seven
counts failing to disclose thousands of dollars in services he received to
renovate his home.
Pope Benedict XVI (C) arrives to meet with American Catholic bishops at the Crypt
Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine in Washington on April 16, 2008.
Republican Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) (C) embraces Sen. John
Warner (R-VA) before McCain speaks at an election rally in Alexandria, Virginia
on February 12, 2008.
U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (R) reaches out to shake hands with Senator
Bill Nelson (D-FL) (not pictured) as her husband, former President Bill Clinton
(L) hugs Senator Nelson's wife Grace, before Sen. Clinton took the ceremonial
oath of office in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington on January
4, 2007.
Republican Presidential candidate and former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson (R-TN)
speaks at the National Rifle Association (NRA) convention in Washington on
September 21, 2007.
Michelle Obama, wife of presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack
Obama (D-IL), smiles as the crowd applauds during a roundtable discussion with
military spouses at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia on August 6,
2008.
Former U.S. Attorneys swear an oath during a House Committee on the Judiciary
hearing on restoring checks and balances in the confirmation process of U.S.
Attorneys on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 6, 2007. From left are former
U.S. Attorneys Carol C. Lam, Southern District of California, David C. Iglesias,
District of New Mexico, Daniel Bogden, District of Nevada, Paul K. Charlton,
District of Arizona, H.E. Cummins, III, Eastern District of Arkansas, and John
McKay, Western District of Washington.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) attends a press conference calling on
U.S. President George W. Bush not to veto the State Children's Health Insurance
Program (SCHIP) bill passed by the House of Representatives and will likely pass
the in the Senate, in Washington on September 26, 2007.
Presumptive Republican Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) speaks at
the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference in Washington on
June 2, 2008.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II greets children as she walks from the Virginia
Governor's Mansion to the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia on May 3,
2007. During the Queen's first state visit to the U.S. in 16 years, she will
visit Jamestown, Virginia to commemorate the historic settlement's 400th
anniversary, attend the Kentucky Derby, and participate in a state dinner with
the President and Mrs. Bush.
Republican Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) speaks at the National
Rifle Association (NRA) convention in Washington on September 21, 2007.
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) waves after speaking at the American Israel Public
Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference in Washington on June 4, 2008.
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks about his new book "The Assault on
Reason" at George Washington University in Washington on May 29, 2007.
Nominee for general and commander of the Multi-National Forces in Iraq Army Lt.
Gen. David Petraeus testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in
Washington on January 23, 2007.
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) takes photographs before a ceremony to honor the 2007
World Series Champions, the Boston Red Sox, on the South Portico of the White
House in Washington on February 27, 2008.
Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barrack Obama (D-IL) speaks at
the 25th annual conference of National Association of Latino Elected and
Appointed Officials (NALEO) in Washington on June 28, 2008.