September 19, 2008 (24 images)

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) jointed by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks about the economy in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on September 19, 2008. (UPI Photo/Yuri Gripas)

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) accompanied by Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson speaks about the economy in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on September 19, 2008. (UPI Photo/Yuri Gripas)

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) leads the Friday prayers at Tehran University campus during the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran on September 19, 2008. Muslims during the month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, abstain from eating, drinking and smoking from sunrise to sunset. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama, flanked by Sen. Claire McCaskill (L) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schults speaks at a rally at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, Florida on September 19, 2008. (UPI Photo/Michael Bush)