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Posted: 1/27/2013 10:33:32 AM EST
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, foreground, sits in front of Northern League party's leader Roberto Maroni, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. Silvio Berlusconi says Benito Mussolini did much good, except for dictator's regime's anti-Jewish laws. Berlusconi also defended Mussolini for siding with Hitler, saying the late fascist leader likely reasoned that German power would expand so it would be better for Italy to ally itself with Germany. He was speaking to reporters Sunday on the sidelines of a ceremony in Milan to commemorate the Holocaust. When Germany's Nazi regime occupied Italy during World War II, thousands from the tiny Italian Jewish community were deported to death camps. In 1938, before the war's outbreak, Mussolini's regime passed anti-Jewish laws, barring them from universities and many professions, among other bans. Berlusconi called the laws Mussolini's "worst fault" but insisted that in many other things, "he did good." (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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Posted: 1/27/2013 10:33:32 AM EST
Italian Premier Mario Monti, left, and former Premier Silvio Berlusconi shake hands in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. Silvio Berlusconi says Benito Mussolini did much good, except for dictator's regime's anti-Jewish laws. Berlusconi also defended Mussolini for siding with Hitler, saying the late fascist leader likely reasoned that German power would expand so it would be better for Italy to ally itself with Germany. He was speaking to reporters Sunday on the sidelines of a ceremony in Milan to commemorate the Holocaust. When Germany's Nazi regime occupied Italy during World War II, thousands from the tiny Italian Jewish community were deported to death camps. In 1938, before the war's outbreak, Mussolini's regime passed anti-Jewish laws, barring them from universities and many professions, among other bans. Berlusconi called the laws Mussolini's "worst fault" but insisted that in many other things, "he did good." (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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Posted: 1/27/2013 10:33:32 AM EST
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, foreground, sits in front of Norther League party's leader Roberto Maroni in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. Silvio Berlusconi says Benito Mussolini did much good, except for dictator's regime's anti-Jewish laws. Berlusconi also defended Mussolini for siding with Hitler, saying the late fascist leader likely reasoned that German power would expand so it would be better for Italy to ally itself with Germany. He was speaking to reporters Sunday on the sidelines of a ceremony in Milan to commemorate the Holocaust. When Germany's Nazi regime occupied Italy during World War II, thousands from the tiny Italian Jewish community were deported to death camps. In 1938, before the war's outbreak, Mussolini's regime passed anti-Jewish laws, barring them from universities and many professions, among other bans. Berlusconi called the laws Mussolini's "worst fault" but insisted that in many other things, "he did good." (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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Posted: 1/25/2013 2:48:28 PM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama gestures speaks during his final news conference of his first term in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama's fledgling second term agenda so far reads like a progressive wish list. In less than a week, he's vowed to tackle climate change, expand gay rights and protect government entitlements. His administration lifted a ban on women in combat and expanded opportunities for disabled students. Proposals for stricter gun laws have already been unveiled and plans for comprehensive immigration reform, including a pathway to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants, are coming soon. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Posted: 1/19/2013 10:03:50 PM EST
Supporters of the Second Amendment attend a gun rally on the steps of the state Capitol in Salem, Ore., to protest legislation regarding gun laws on Saturday Jan. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Statesman-Journal, Timothy J. Gonzalez)
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Posted: 1/19/2013 8:28:32 AM EST
FILE - This Jan. 16, 2013 file photo shows, from left: Hinna Zeejah, 8, Taejah Goode, 10, Julia Stokes, 11, and Grant Fritz, 8, who wrote letters to President Barack Obama about the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., watch as the president jokes about being left handed as he signs executive orders outlining proposals to reduce gun violence, in the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. Presidential terms are measured by sweeping laws and stirring events, but legacies are about enduring ideas. The one Barack Obama has in mind will drive most everything he tries to do in the next four years: assuring that America is a place where anyone can make it. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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Posted: 1/19/2013 8:28:32 AM EST
FILE - This Nov. 7, 2012 file photo shows President Barack Obama looks the the cheering crowd at the election night party at McCormick Place in Chicago. Presidential terms are measured by sweeping laws and stirring events, but legacies are about enduring ideas. The one Barack Obama has in mind will drive most everything he tries to do in the next four years: assuring that America is a place where anyone can make it. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Posted: 1/19/2013 8:28:32 AM EST
FILE - This June 15, 2012 file photo shows President Barack Obama announces that the U.S. government will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. Presidential terms are measured by sweeping laws and stirring events, but legacies are about enduring ideas. The one Barack Obama has in mind will drive most everything he tries to do in the next four years: assuring that America is a place where anyone can make it. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)
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Posted: 1/18/2013 11:13:37 AM EST
Attorney Jonathan Turley, attorney for the Brown family made famous by the television show "Sister Wives", talks to the media in front of the U.S. Federal Courthouse after a hearing in Salt Lake City, Utah January 17, 2013. The Brown's, who are polygamists, are suing Utah on the grounds that the state's bigamy laws are unconstitutional. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
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Posted: 1/18/2013 4:18:37 AM EST
FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2012, file photo, Chairman of the Republican National Convention Reince Priebus addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. After back-to-back presidential losses, Republicans in key states want to change the rules to make it easier for them to win. From Wisconsin to Pennsylvania, GOP officials who control legislatures in states that supported President Barack Obama are considering changing state laws that give the winner of a state’s popular vote all of its Electoral College votes, too. Instead, these officials want Electoral College votes to be divided proportionally, a move that could transform the way the country elects its president. Priebus endorsed the idea and other Republican leaders support it, too, suggesting that the effort may be gaining momentum. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Posted: 1/17/2013 8:23:33 PM EST
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question Thursday, Jan.17, 2013, in Trenton, N.J. Christie said New Jersey is taking a more deliberative approach to gun control, mental health and school security by forming a task force to study the issues and make recommendations within 60 days. Christie refused to take a position on President Barack Obama's call for a federal ban on assault weapons. New Jersey has had an assault weapons ban in place for 21 years, and Christie says he supports state gun laws already on the books. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Posted: 1/17/2013 12:28:25 PM EST
Protestors yell to Gov. Cuomo outside Rochester City Hall Wednesday Jan. 16, 2013 in Rochester, NY, objecting to the new gun laws signed by Cuomo Tuesday. Some gun enthusiasts say New York's tough new gun laws are an overreach driven by political ambition. (AP Photo/Democrat & Chronicle, Jamie Germano) MAGS OUT; NO SALES
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Posted: 1/16/2013 3:33:02 PM EST
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick addresses the first session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina in this September 4, 2012, file photo. Patrick introduced a new series of gun laws on January 16, 2013, that would tighten rules on sales of weapons and ammunition, in the wake of last month's deadly school shooting in neighboring Connecticut. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Files
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Posted: 1/16/2013 3:33:02 PM EST
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick addresses the first session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina in this September 4, 2012, file photo. Patrick introduced a new series of gun laws on January 16, 2013, that would tighten rules on sales of weapons and ammunition, in the wake of last month's deadly school shooting in neighboring Connecticut. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Files
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Posted: 1/16/2013 3:33:02 PM EST
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick addresses the first session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina in this September 4, 2012, file photo. Patrick introduced a new series of gun laws on January 16, 2013, that would tighten rules on sales of weapons and ammunition, in the wake of last month's deadly school shooting in neighboring Connecticut. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Files
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Posted: 1/16/2013 1:46:44 PM EST
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick addresses the first session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina in this September 4, 2012, file photo. Patrick introduced a new series of gun laws on January 16, 2013, that would tighten rules on sales of weapons and ammunition, in the wake of last month's deadly school shooting in neighboring Connecticut. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Files
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Posted: 1/16/2013 1:46:44 PM EST
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick addresses the first session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina in this September 4, 2012, file photo. Patrick introduced a new series of gun laws on January 16, 2013, that would tighten rules on sales of weapons and ammunition, in the wake of last month's deadly school shooting in neighboring Connecticut. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Files
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Posted: 1/16/2013 1:46:44 PM EST
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick addresses the first session of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina in this September 4, 2012, file photo. Patrick introduced a new series of gun laws on January 16, 2013, that would tighten rules on sales of weapons and ammunition, in the wake of last month's deadly school shooting in neighboring Connecticut. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Files
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Posted: 1/16/2013 3:48:35 AM EST
FILE - In a Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 file photo, gun violence protesters participate in a lie-in during an anti-gun rally at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month's deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video games and movies and on TV, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll showed. President Barack Obama was set Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 to unveil a wide-ranging package of steps for reducing gun violence expected to include a proposed ban on assault weapons, limits on the capacity of ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun sales. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Posted: 1/16/2013 3:18:23 AM EST
FILE - In a Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 file photo, a sign is posted for an upcoming gun show, in Leesport, Pa. Nearly six in 10 Americans want stricter gun laws in the aftermath of last month's deadly school shooting in Connecticut, with majorities favoring a nationwide ban on military-style, rapid-fire weapons and limits on gun violence depicted in video games and movies and on TV, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. A lopsided 84 percent of adults would like to see the establishment of a federal standard for background checks for people buying guns at gun shows, the poll showed. President Barack Obama was set Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 to unveil a wide-ranging package of steps for reducing gun violence expected to include a proposed ban on assault weapons, limits on the capacity of ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun sales. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
