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US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) listens to opening remarks at a press availability at the Amman Citadel in Amman, Jordan, July 22, 2008. Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), center, enjoys breakfast with service members of Multi-National Force -Iraq during a visit at the Embassy Compound in Baghdad July 22, 2008. Jack Reed (D-RI) and Chuck Hagel (R-NE) were also part of a senatorial delegation visiting eastern and central Afghanistan U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (L) listens to Anbar governor Mamoon Sami Rasheed during his visit to Anbar province July 22, 2008. US General...

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks during a news conference, at the Clinton Foundation headquarters in New York, July 17 2008. The Former President unveiled a deal with six Chinese and Indian companies to cut a key malaria drug price by a third and slash the price volatility of a vital ingredient by 70 percent. Artemisinin-based combination therapies, or ACT drugs, are recommended by the World Health Organization because of growing resistance to older treatments such as chloroquine. In this March 27, 1998 file photo, South African President Nelson Mandela, foreground, and U.S. President Bill Clinton peer out from Section...

Former U.S. presidential candidate Al Gore delivers a speech on America's future energy needs in Washington July 17, 2008.

Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) addresses supporters during a campaign stop at the NAACP National Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 16, 2008.

John Edwards shakes hands with supporters in Anamosa, Iowa on July 14 following his announcement of a proposed Presidential initiative to ensure all Americans share in the benefits of the new energy economy. Edwards supporters gathered at the Lawrence Community Center to hear his plan to invest in a new energy future, which is projected to create over a million jobs economy-wide. Dubbed the Green Collar Jobs training plan, it will offer job training and placement for up to 150,000 workers a year.

US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama listens to his introduction before making a foreign policy speech on Iraq and American National Security in Washington, July 15, 2008. Obama's overseas trip will be a high-risk debut on the world stage -- with the potential pitfalls at least as numerous as the likely rewards. The crowd looks on as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) June 27, 2008 in Unity, New Hampshire. American voters remain divided by race before a presidential election that will have the first black nominee from a major party...

NUTS TO YOU, TOO: Barack Obama prophetically appears to be protecting himself as he appears last year with philandering Jesse Jackson.

A young passer-by points to a mural composed of a series of portraits that are a combination of the faces of Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in Boston, Massachusetts July 11, 2008. Gallery XIV commissioned the mural by artist Ron English.

Regardless of whether Americans elect the Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama, seen here, president in November, the man who takes up residency in the White House will be a lefty -- at least in terms of the hand he favors. U.S. Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-IL) is led off the stage by U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) after the two appeared together at a "Women for Obama" campaign event in New York City, July 10, 2008.

<p>US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama poses for a photograph with a young boy in Pennsylvania. President George W. Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, defying boycott calls from critics of China's record on human rights and in Tibet, including Obama and presumptive White House rivals John McCain.</p>

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee, US Senator John McCain addresses the League of United Latin American Citizens convention at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC. Iraq's hardening demand for a pullout deadline for US troops on Tuesday reignited the sharp campaign quarrel over the war between White House rivals McCain and Barack Obama. John McCain, seen here in Mexico City on July 3, 2008 US Republican presidential hopeful John McCain points at a journalist during a press conference north of Bogota, Colombia. McCain has warned security conditions must dictate troop withdrawals from Iraq, after Baghdad said it wanted a timetable for...

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama speaks to children in a summer youth program at Eastside Community Ministry in Zanesville, Ohio, July 1, 2008. Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., sits on a camping chair as he waits to watch his daughter Malia's soccer game in Chicago on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama speaks at Eastside Community Ministry in Zanesville, Ohio, July 1, 2008.

US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) appear on stage with Clinton endorsing Obama in person and campaigning with him for the first time in the town of Unity, New Hampshire, June 27, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

Obama and Clinton chat before boarding a plane at Ronald Reagan National Airport...

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton reacts during the announcement of a new African education project with the British government, at the Department for International Development in London, Thursday, June 26, 2008. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, right, is seen with musician and anti-poverty activist Bob Geldof, left, during the announcement of a new African education project with the British government, at the Department for International Development in London, Thursday, June 26, 2008. Clinton announced a 4.7 million pound (US$9.4 million) program Thursday between his Clinton Hunter Development Initiative and Britain's international aid ministry.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., addresses the National Association of Latino elected and Appointed Officials Conference, Thursday, June 26, 2008, in Washington

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., boards the campaign charter plane in Pittsburgh Thursday, June 26, 2008 Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) laughs during the Economic Competitiveness Summit held at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 26, 2008 Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks with reporters during a news conference in Chicago Wednesday, June 25, 2008 U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks in front of a photovoltaic panel during a campaign visit to the Las Vegas Springs Preserve in Las Vegas, Nevada June 24, 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is silhouetted...

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton thanks the audience after he received the 'Osgar' media award in Leipzig, Germany Tuesday June 24, 2008. At right is Irish singer Bob Geldof. Chief editor Kai Diekmann of German tabloid 'Bildzeitung' hands over the 'Osgar' media award to former U.S. president Bill Clinton, left, in Leipzig, Germany Tuesday June 24 2008. Clinton was honoured for the Clinton foundation and his International engagement for peace and freedom. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and his daughter Chelsea pose for photographs as they arrive at the town hall in Leipzig, eastern Germany, to attend the Osgar media...

President Bill Clinton frowns as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-NY, addresses supporters at the National Building Museum in Washington Saturday, June 7, 2008.

Guest Michelle Obama (3rd L), wife of presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), appears on "The View" in New York June 18, 2008. From left to right are hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Obama, Sherri Shepherd, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Barbara Walters. Democratic US presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) talks with former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) after meeting with his foreign policy panel of former U.S. government officials at a hotel in Washington June 18, 2008. Obama created the panel to give him advice and possibly fill top posts in his administration if he is...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and former Vice President Al Gore wave to the audience during a campaign stop at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan June 16, 2008. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm holds up her shoe while introducing Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and former Vice President Al Gore at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Monday, June 16, 2008. Gore announced his endorsement of Obama. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, seen here on June 16, 2008, accused White House rival John McCain of "posturing" as the Republican, tapping voters' anxiety about sky-high fuel prices, called for offshore...

President George W. Bush (R) walks with Queen Elizabeth, followed by his wife Laura (obscured) and Prince Philip in the St George's Hall, Windsor Castle, southern England June 15, 2008 President Bush speaks to the press following a meeting with Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson (L) and Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness following their meeting at Stormont Castle in Belfast, June 16, 2008. US president George W. Bush meets members of the PeacePlayers international Basketball Group at Loughview integrated primary school, as he ends his visit to Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday June 16, 2008. PeacePlayers International-Northern Ireland...

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton holds a baby at Tally's restaurant in Rapid City, South Dakota, June 2, 2008. In this June 2, 2008 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and her husband, former President Bill Clinton react to supporters during a rally in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Democratic presidential hopeful Illinois Sen. Barack Obama addresses a rally on the street in front of the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota. .S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) tries to quieten the cheering crowd as he takes part in a town hall-style meeting at Troy High School in suburban Detroit, June 2, 2008.

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, walks with President Bush, right, before the President boarded Air Force One on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, in Phoenix. At left is McCain's wife Cindy.Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) meeting, Monday, June 2,2008, in Washington. Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, gives a thumbs up to airline attendant Kari Hunter as he exits his chartered campaign plane on Thursday, May 29, 2008, in Milwaukee, Wis.

Relaxed: Hillary Clinton could be about to exit the race to become the Democratic Party's presidential nominee

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks at her campaign event 'Solutions for America' at a retirement community in Boca Raton, Florida May 21, 2008.

US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (R) reaches for a supporter who fell through a barricade while trying to shake the senators hand during a rally in Tampa, Florida May 21, 2008. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama waves to supporters, as he stands with his wife Michelle, after his speech at his Oregon and Kentucky primary election night rally in Des Moines, Iowa, May 20, 2008. US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (L) works the crowd as one his supporters cries following a rally in Tampa, Florida May 21, 2008.