U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about his decision to increase U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan by about 30,000 during a speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, on December 1, 2009. The buildup is targeted to reverse the Taliban advances in the country and to train Afghan soldiers and police. UPI/John Angelillo

Iranian army vehicle opens fire during an air defense war games some 200 miles southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. This is the third day of the large-scale air defense war games that are meant to protect the Iranian nuclear facilities from attack. UPI/Sajad Safari/Mehr News Agency

U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive to welcome Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur on the North Portico of the White House for a State Dinner on November 24, 2009. This is President Obama's first state dinner. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) enters the East Room with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during an official arrival ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, November 24, 2009. UPI/Joshua Roberts/Pool

Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) speaks on the upcoming vote to move ahead with debate on the Democratic healthcare reform legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington on November 21, 2009. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn

New York fire fireters join a rally to urge passage 9/11 Health and Compensation Act outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on November 18, 2009. UPI/Yuri Gripas

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks with a customer at a signing for her new book "Going Rogue: An American Life" at the Woodland Mall Barnes & Noble in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 18, 2009. Palin is continuing the book signing tour in the coming weeks with stops at select Barnes & Noble stores in Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Florida. UPI/Brian Kersey

First Lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks during an event celebrating women in the military, at the White House in Washington on November 18, 2009. Obama was joined by Vice President Joe Biden's wife Dr. Jill Biden (L), Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano (2nd-L) and Gen. James Cartwright. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

(L-R) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrick Reinfeldt, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Foreign Policy Javier Solana pose for a group photo at the begging of a one-day EU-Russia summit in Stockholm on November 18, 2009. UPI/Anatoli Zhdanov

Kenneth Chenault, Chairman and CEO American Express, speaks on economic finance reform as he participates in a CEO roundtable on rebuilding global prosperity, in Washington on November 17, 2009. UPI/Kevin Dietsch