U.S. President George W. Bush (3rd-L) participates in a photo-op with recipients of the 2007 Nobel Awards in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on November 26, 2007. The President was joined by the Nobel Prize winner in Medicine Dr. Mario Capecchi (L), the Nobel Peace Prize winner former Vice President Al Gore (2nd-L), the Nobel Prize winner in Economics Dr. Eric Maskin (4nd-R), member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Dr. Susan Solomon (3rd-R), the Nobel Prize winner in Economics Dr. Harlan Watson (2nd-R) and the Senate Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy Dr. Sharon Hays (R). (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)