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Lolita C. Baldor

FILE - On this April 6, 2011, file photo, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks at an Americans for Prosperity "Cut Spending Now," rally on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama has launched his re-election bid in a low-key manner, but the Republican Partys search for a challenger seems stranger by the day. In Iowa at least, theres also widespread talk about Bachmann, who would be the first president elected directly from the House since James Garfield. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (AP)

Tom Engelhardt

Rebel fighters, one on crutches, are seen near the front line east of Brega, Libya, Sunday, April 3, 2011. The Libyan rebel movement that controls the country's eastern half wants to install a parliamentary democracy across the country once they topple the regime of longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi, according to Abdel-Hafidh Ghoga, vice chairman of the National Provisional Council. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (AP)

Ben Hubbard, Elena Becatoros

Libyan rebels run for cover after coming under heavy artillery fire from pro-Gadhafi forces along the front line near Brega, Libya, Friday, April 1, 2011. Libya's rebels will agree to a cease-fire if Moammar Gadhafi pulls his military forces out of cities and allows peaceful protests against his regime, an opposition leader said Friday as rebels showed signs that their front-line organization is improving. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) (AP)

U.S. extends airstrike role in Libya to Monday

Richard Lardner

A Libyan rebel fighter guards the roadway to the western gate of Ajdabiya, Libya, Friday, April 1, 2011, as limited movement is being permitted across the frontier. The western gate is closed Friday for journalists and civilians trying to reach the front line. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) (AP)

Maggie Michael, Ryan Lucas

President Barack Obama delivers his address on Libya at the National Defense University in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (AP)

Richard Lardner, Calvin Woodward

Libyan rebels jubilate on a checkpoint in Al-Egila, east of Ras Lanuf, eastern Libya, Sunday, March 27, 2011. The rebels claim that they have entered Ras Lanuf. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Hadeel Al-shalchi, Ryan Lucas

A 31st Fighter Wing United States Air Force F-16 jet fighter comes into land at the Aviano NATO airbase, in Aviano, Italy, Friday, March 25, 2011 with a Boeing C-17A Globemaster III of the 437th Airlift Wing in the background. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) (AP)

Slobodan Lekic

Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks to reporters in Cairo, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool) (AP)

Associated Press

Libyan rebels stop at a checkpoint in Al-Egila, east of Ras Lanuf, eastern Libya, Sunday, March 27, 2011. The rebels claim that they have entered Ras Lanuf. The rebels claim that they have entered Ras Lanuf. Libyan rebels took back a key oil town and pushed westward Sunday toward the capital, seizing momentum from the international airstrikes that tipped the balance away from Moammar Gadhafi's military. Brega, a main oil export terminal in eastern Libya, fell after a skirmish late Saturday and rebel forces moved swiftly west, seizing the tiny desert town of Al-Egila a collection of houses and a gas station on their way to the massive oil refining complex of Ras Lanouf. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Ryan Lucas

Ben Hubbard, Ryan Lucas

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses military officers at the Naval Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, March 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool) (AP)

Lolita C. Baldor

A Libyan rebel gestures before moving closer to the frontline after Moammar Gadhafi's forces fired on them on the frontline of the outskirts of the city of Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Tuesday, March 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Maggie Michael, Ryan Lucas

Afghans shout anti US slogans as they burning blankets, clothing and other items, which were distributed by coalition troops in Ghazni west of of Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, March. 1, 2011. Residents in Ghazni burned blankets, clothing and other items that they said coalition troops had distributed in the city on Monday. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Naikzad) (AP)

Robin Hindery

President Barack Obama answers question on the ongoing situation in Libya during his joint news conference with President of El Salvador Mauricio Funes at the National Palace in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, March 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Donna Cassata

Peter Finocchiaro

Libyan men celebrates on a destroyed tank belonging to the forces of Moammar Gadhafi in the outskirts of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Sunday, March 20, 2011. The tanks were destroyed earlier by U.S. and allied airstrikes. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Richard Lardner, Pauline Jelinek

$Royal red arrows aerobatic planes pass over the RAF (Royal Air Force) Akrotiri a British military base near southern port city of Limassol, Cyprus, Monday, March 21, 2011. The European Union's top foreign policy official brushed aside concerns Monday that the coalition supporting military action against Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi is already starting to fracture, saying the head of the Arab League was misquoted as criticizing the operation.Early Sunday, U.S. French and British planes began bombarding Libyan military targets with a barrage of Tomahawk cruise missiles and precision bombs. Late in the day, a cruise missile blasted Gadhafi's residential compound.(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) (AP)$