Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, seen here with fellow Republican Sen. George LeMieux (left) of Florida, gestures during a news conference Wednesday on ratification of the New START treaty.
Associated Press Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses U.S. troops while visiting Forward Operating Base Howz-E-Madad in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Dec. 8.
Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II has assumed a high profile in leading a legal challenge of the constitutionality of President Obama's health care law. (Associated Press)
Dot Jones, Jane Lynch and Matthew Morrison are shown in a scene from "Glee." The program was nominated for a Golden Globe for best television series in the comedy or musical category on Tuesday. Miss Lynch and Mr. Morrison were nominated for acting honors, along with the show's Lea Michele and Chris Colfer. (Associated Press)
** FILE ** Army Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin leaves the military courthouse at Fort Meade, Md., on Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/David Dishneau, File)
Chart shows breakdown of percentage of Medicaid costs associated with each enrollment group; and the decade long trend between enrollment and Medicaid spending.
FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2010, file photo, 13-year-old Carlos Olivas paces in front of the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix to help raise money for his friend Francisco Felix who was denied a liver transplant because Medicaid suddenly won't pay for it. In Arizona, lawmakers stopped paying for some kinds of transplants, including livers for people with hepatitis C. When the cuts took effect Oct. 1, Medicaid patient Francisco Felix, 32, who needs a liver, suddenly had to raise money to get a transplant. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
ADDS chart; graphic describes what happens to the brain of a football player to possibly cause a concussion
In this photo taken Dec. 7, 2010, Sawyer Rummelhart, 4, points to the "The Smurf's Village" app on his mothers iPad, at his families home in Gridley, Calif.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
