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Cpl. Clayton Rhoden, a veteran who served in combat and is struggling to find a job, plays Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, in Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 10,...

Daniel Hutchison, left, who uses his own combat disability check to fund the shoestring transition assistance group, Ohio Combat Veterans, in Columbus...

Cpl. Clayton Rhoden, a veteran who is struggling to find employment, plays Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, in Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 10, 2011. Rhoden se...

Cpl. Clayton Rhoden, a veteran who is struggling to find employment, in Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 8, 2011. Rhoden is among the legions of veterans who serv...

Ethan Tomblin-Brooks, a veteran who is struggling to find employment, in Logan, Ohio, Dec. 9, 2011. Tomblin-Brooks is among the legions of veterans wh...

Ethan Tomblin-Brooks, a veteran who is struggling to find employment, in Logan, Ohio, Dec. 9, 2011. Tomblin-Brooks, who was injured in Iraq, finds spo...

Sturgeons swim at a fish farm where caviar is extracted, in Riofrio, southern Spain, Oct. 4, 2011. In countries as divergent as China, Finland, Spain...

House Minor?ity Leade?r Nancy Pelos?i (D-Ca?lif.), right, and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) at a news conference in Washington, Dec. 16, 2011. The...

House Minor?ity Leade?r Nancy Pelos?i (D-Ca?lif.), left, and Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) at a news conference in Washington, Dec. 16, 2011. The House...

Caviar is weighted at a fish farm where caviar is extracted from sturgeons, in Riofrio, southern Spain, Oct. 4, 2011. In countries as divergent as Chi...

Marcus Bachmann, left, husband of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, right, speaks during a camp...

The "spin room" after the Fox News Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 15, 2011. After the Fox News debate here on Thursday night...

David Letterman, the CBS late-night host, at "CelebriGum," an exhibition of photographs by Steve Young, a writer on Letterman's staff, in New York, De...

David Letterman, the CBS late-night host, at "CelebriGum," an exhibition of photographs by Steve Young, background, a writer on Letterman's staff, in...

David Letterman, the CBS late-night host, at "CelebriGum," an exhibition of photographs by Steve Young, center, a writer on Letterman's staff, in New...

David Letterman, the CBS late-night host, hugs Barbara Gaines, his Late Show executive producer, at "CelebriGum," an exhibition of photographs by Stev...

Volunteers at the phone banking system at the headquarters for Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, in Ank...

Ross Witt, right, an electrical engineer at John Deere, canvasses door to door for Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), a candidate for the Republican presidentia...

House Minor?ity Leade?r Nancy Pelos?i (D-Ca?lif.), left, and Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) head to a news conference in Washington, Dec. 16, 2011. The H...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), right, and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) at a news conference in Washington, Dec. 16, 2011. The Hou...

Reporters prepare questions before the the Fox News postdebate discussions in Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 15, 2011. After the Fox News debate here on Thurs...

A sign points the way for reporters to get the inside message from Newt Gingrich's people after the Fox News Republican presidential debate, in Sioux...

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 16, 2011. The House began debates on a crucial spending bi...

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) while speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 16, 2011. The House began debates on a crucial spe...

Workers lift a sturgeon from a basin at a fish farm where caviar is extracted, in Riofrio, southern Spain, Oct. 4, 2011. In countries as divergent as...

A lid from a freshly opened tin of caviar, in Riofrio, southern Spain, Oct. 4, 2011. In countries as divergent as China, Finland, Spain and the United...

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 16, 2011. The House began debates on a crucial spending bi...

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) heads to a Republican strategy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 16, 2011. The House began debates on a...

Fernando Pico does an ultrasound on a sturgeon at a fish farm where caviar is extracted, in Riofrio, southern Spain, Oct. 4, 2011. In countries as div...

A freshly opened tin of caviar, in Riofrio, southern Spain, Oct. 4, 2011. In countries as divergent as China, Finland, Spain and the United Arab Emira...

A worker holds a sturgeon fry at a fish farm where caviar is extracted, in Riofrio, southern Spain, Oct. 4, 2011. In countries as divergent as China,...

A worker lifts a sturgeon at a fish farm where caviar is extracted, in Riofrio, southern Spain, Oct. 19, 2011. In countries as divergent as China, Fin...

Light bulbs on display at a Home Depot in New York, Dec. 16, 2011. A rider attached to the omnibus spending bill passed Friday prohibits the Energy De...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the Family Table Restaurant in Le M...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, during a campaign stop at the Dutch Bakery in Orange City, Io...

Marcus Bachmann, left, husband of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, right, speaks during a camp...

James Peck in Buenos Aires, Dec. 12, 2011. Peck, the first Falklands native to obtain Argentine citizenship since the 1982 war, just wants to be close...

James Peck in Buenos Aires, Dec. 12, 2011. Peck, the first Falklands native to obtain Argentine citizenship since the 1982 war, just wants to be close...

Workers open a sturgeon at a fish farm where caviar is extracted, in Riofrio, southern Spain, Oct. 4, 2011. In countries as divergent as China, Finlan...

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism at the National Harbor in Maryland, Friday, Dec....

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism at the National Harbor in Maryland, Dec. 16, 2011...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, speaks at Missouri Valley Steel during a campaign event...

FILE -- The New York Islanders hockey team gathers to celebrate a win against the Vancouver Canucks during the Stanly Cup Finals at Nassau Coliseum, i...

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FILE -- New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, left, and manager Billy Martin during a parade in New York, Oct. 19, 1977. After more than three d...

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism at the National Harbor in Maryland, Dec. 16, 2011...

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism at the National Harbor in Maryland, Friday, Dec....