Rep. Charlie Rangel speaks to reporters about ethics charges after speaking the National Urban League Centennial Conference.
Marine Gen. James N. Mattis attends his confirmation hearing to become Commander of the United States Central Command.
Kenneth Feinberg, the Administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, listens during a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Gen. Stanley McChrystal is awarded the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates during a retirement ceremony.
An Army carry team moves a transfer case with the remains of Army Specialist Matthew R. Hennigan who died while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom.
President Barack Obama pauses while giving an immigration policy speech.
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan answers questions from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Gen. David Petraeus sits down for a confirmation hearing to take command of US forces in Afghanistan.
People listen while during opening statements of Elena Kagan's supreme court confirmation hearing.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and President Barack Obama eat lunch at Ray's Hell Burger.
Michael R. Bromiwich, Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, and Secretary of the Interior Kenneth L. Salazar listen to a phone call before an oil spill hearing.
President Barack Obama's Cabinate listens to him speak after a meeting.
President Barack Obama pauses while addressing the American Nurses Association.
British Petroleum Chief Executive Tony Hayward leaves the White House after meeting with President Obama.
Members of the Houston Ballet perform the Falling to Mozart's Salzburg Symphonies.
Lamar McKay, Chairman and President BP America Inc. and other oil executives listen during oil spill hearing.
President Barack Obama nominates Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper Jr. to director of national intelligence.
Lamar McKay, Chairman and President of BP America, walks to a back room during break in an oil spill hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee.
First man on the moon, Apollo 11 commander, Neil A. Armstrong leaves on an elevator after a hearing on Capitol Hill.
Marine combat artist Sgt. Kris Battles works in his Quantico studio.
President Obama walks to the Rose Garden.
Jennifer Wilkerson looks over instructions after transferring seedlings into a planter in her home's kitchen.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and others listen while President Barack Obama and Mike hold a press conference.
Rachael Ray waits for the Senate subway while lobbying on Capitol Hill.
People wait to watch President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama leave the Komi restaurant after having dinner.
Senator Scott Brown looks over papers before a meeting.
Fabrice P. Tourre, Executive Director of Structured Products Group Trading for Goldman Sachs, arrives for a hearing on Capitol Hill.
A guard stands near a lamp while waiting for the arival of Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine, at Andrews Air Force Base.
People wait the arrival of Lee Myung-bak, President of the Republic of Korea, at Andrews Air Force Base.
Air Force personnel bring back a rolled up red carpet as leaders arrive for a nuclear security summit.
Film maker Haile Gerima poses in an editing room at his production facility.
A view of Capitol Hill as healthcare reform is debated.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi celebrates with other Democratic leaders after the passage of healthcare reform in the House.
People protesting the passage of a healthcare reform bill gather outside the House on Capitol Hill.
David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, poses outside the National Archives.
Marguerite Kirst Colston helps her son Camden, who was diagnosed with autism in 2004, put on his shoes at their home.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke listens during a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee.
A biker passes on onramp to I395, one of the main routes into Washington, after a snow storm.
People walk down the escalator at the Dupont Circle Metro stop during a snow storm.
A director watches as orphans at the Foyer de la Patience orphanage.
A man carries water to fight fires that continue to burn in rubble off Boulevard Jeans Jacques Dessalines.
People play soccer in a stadium's tent city.
A woman washes clothes in Port-au-Prince's soccer stadium.
Soldiers carry a woman who collapsed while waiting in line for rations.
People wait in line for a Salvation Army and US Army food distribution in Cite Soleil.
A wounded scavenger crawls into a tap-tap after being released by police on Boulevard Jeans Jacques Dessalines.
People work on clearing rubble in downtown Port-au-Price.
A woman saves a rooster from an approaching fire in Port-au-Prince.
Police department fire fighters fight a fire at the Iron Market in Port-au-Prince.
People on Boulevard Jeans Jacques Dessalines.
A view of the tent city in the Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince.
People waiting outside a police station for food run after being chased by police.
A patient rests in a field hospital at the airport in Port-au-Prince.
Loved ones follow a hearse carrying the remains of earthquake victim Lucy Alexander in Leogane.
Members of the Air Force direct stairs back from Air Force One.
Former President Clinton and President Barack Obama listen while former President George W. Bush speaks in the Rose Garden.
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen hold a briefing at the Pentagon.
People look at the Ricci map at the Library of Congress.