In this photo released by the White House, President Obama is briefed on the events in Egypt by his national security team in the Situation Room of the White House on Saturday. Thousands of protesters in Egypt have thrown the country's 30-year-old regime into tumult. (Associated Press)
** FILE ** Then-White House press secretary Robert Gibbs listens to a question on Egypt during his daily news briefing in the White House in Washington on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel smiles Thursday at Wishbone Restaurant in Chicago after being endorsed by Rep. Mike Quigley. (Associated Press)
Vehicles clog the downtown streets of the District of Columbia on Wednesday. Icy roads created hazardous travel conditions for President Obama as he returned to the White House after a trip to Wisconsin. His driver spent an hour weaving through rush-hour traffic. (Associated Press)
The motorcade carrying President Barack Obama makes its way through a snowstorm near Morningside, Md, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, en route to the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
People line the street Wednesday to greet President Obama during his visit to Manitowoc, Wis., part of the "White House to Main Street Tour," where he was to visit several renewable-energy factories and talk about jobs and the economy. (Associated Press)
President Obama shakes hand with Green Bay, Wis., Mayor Jim Schmitt upon arriving in Green Bay, Wis. Wednesday, Jan. 26. 2011, before departing for Manitowoc, Wis., as part of his White House to Main Street Tour. Mr. Schmidt gave the president a Green Bay Packers jersey. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
On the day of his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama strides from the Oval Office along the Colonnade at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
President Obama strides from the Oval Office along the Colonnade at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
