
Senator Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) crosses the finish line during the ACLI Capital Challenge at Anacostia Park in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 16, 2012. This is the 31st running of the three-mile race where members of Congress, national media outlets and locals take part in this fundraising event in the early morning hours along the water of the Anacostia River. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

Senators Richard Lugar (R-Ind) and Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) chat prior to running in the ACLI Capital Challenge at Anacostia Park in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 16, 2012. This is the 31st running of the three-mile race where members of Congress, national media outlets and locals take part in this fundraising event in the early morning hours along the water of the Anacostia River. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (left) takes a helicopter tour Tuesday of hurricane damage to North Carolina with Gov. Beverly Perdue (center) and Sen. Kay R. Hagan. Also Tuesday, she said she wants the National Guard to stay on the U.S.-Mexico border. (Associated Press)

Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., stands next to US Marines Gen. James F. Amos in a waiting room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, prior to the start of the committee's hearing on Amos' reappointment to the grade of general and the be Commandant of the Marine Corps. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)