"President Bush, right, smiles after presenting author Harper Lee, left, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony for the 2007 Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in the East Room at the White House in Washington (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)"

1. "In this image released by the U.S. Army, [soldiers] pass a burning vehicle in Hussein Hamadi village, Diyala Province, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 29, 2007. during Operation Ultra Magnus. The joint operation was designed to clear the village, a former terrorist stronghold, of al-Qaeda operatives. (AP Photo/SSG Russell…

Top: "Afghan policemen pass by a huge hole, right, which was caused by a roadside bomb in Qarghayi district of Laghman province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007. A roadside blast targeted the intelligence chief of Qarghayi district in Laghman province as he was traveling in his car, said…

Top: Sandi Garcia and her Golden Retriever Holly play at Commons Park in Denver, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007. Just before dinner on Garcia's first holiday with Holly, the Golden Retriever threw up an entire turkey dinner that Garcia had given the dog minutes before, in front of Garcia's dinner guests. (AP Photo/Jack…

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, is confronted by CodePink member Desiree Fairooz, her hands painted red, as she arrives to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, before the House Foreign Relations Committee hearing regarding US policy in the Middle East ,where she spoke about…

"Mourners gather around the bodies of several people killed in an airstrike by U.S. troops in Samarra, Iraq, 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. A U.S. helicopter opened fire on a group of men as they were planting roadside bombs in a Sunni stronghold north of Baghdad, then chased them…