U.S. President Barack Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Linnea Smith, wife of former University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith, in the East Room at the White House on Nov. 20, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
Activists gather in front of the White House to deliver nearly 900,000 signatures calling on the Department of Justice to fully investigate, prosecute, and fire all police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on Wednesday, Aug. 28 2014, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discusses her new book, "Hard Choices: A Memoir," on Friday, June 13, 2014, at the Lisner Auditorium in Washington D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press//MCT)
Jon Huntsman, U.S. ambassador to China, attends a Global Chiefs of Mission Conference luncheon in the Ben Franklin Room at the Department of State, Wednesday, February 2, 2011, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney attends at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C., Friday, June 3 2011. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai talks to reporters on Capitol Hill May 7, 2009 in Washington, D.C., after a luncheon at the Capitol. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
President Barack Obama meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 17, 2011. Obama is putting focus on the prospects for peace in the Middle East two days before he delivers a speech on U.S. policy in the region. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
President Barack Obama delivers a statement after meeting with Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) at the White House on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 in Washington, D.C. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden invited Boehner and Reid for a late meeting to discuss ongoing negotiations on a budget agreement. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
