Associated Press Sen. Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said Monday that he won't countenance any income-tax increases next year.
START POINT MAN: Sen. Richard G. Lugar, Indiana Republican, is ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee. (Associated Press)
In this book cover image released by Random House Children's Books, "Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters," by Barack Obama, is shown. (AP Photo/Random House Children's Books)
Kashmiri protesters beat an effigy of President Obama after burning it in Srinagar, India. Indian forces battled Kashmiri protesters in the streets of the disputed territory Monday in demonstrations prompted in part by a report of the Koran being desecrated in the United States. (Associated Press)
Kashmiri mourners surround the body of slain protester Nisar Ahmad Kuchay during his funeral on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, on Monday. Ongoing anti-India protests in the Muslim-majority region merged with outrage over a reported Koran desecration in the U.S. to spark violence. (Associated Press)
Marines serving in the Mexican navy restrain alleged drug kingpin Sergio Villarreal Barragan, alias "El Grande," in Puebla, Mexico. Marines captured the suspect, a presumed leader of the embattled Beltran Leyva cartel who appears on a list of the country's most-wanted fugitives, in a raid Sunday, the government said. (Mexican Navy via Associated Press)
Shacks made of wood scraps and corrugated zinc dominate a slum of Caracas, Venezuela, but the government says it has halved the country's poverty rate. (Associated Press)
Former President Bill Clinton (center) speaks to supporters at a rally for Dan Onorato (left), Democratic candidate in the primary elections for Pennsylvania governor, on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, in Philadelphia. At right is Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)
A policeman patrols as flames rise from a government building set on fire by protesters in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. Police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who attacked a police post and burned government offices in Kashmir on Saturday, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest Indian rule in the Himalayan region, officials said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
