Senator Kennedy

The Capitol building is seen from the Washington Monument where flags fly at half mast in honor of the late Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy

U.S. Vice President Joseph "Joe" Biden makes a statement on the death of Senator Kennedy

White House

NASCAR event at the White House

Hello Washington

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks before awarding the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom medals in the East Room of the White House



Obama attempts to give Joseph Medicine Crow, the last living Plains Indian war chief, the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom

Goodbye New York

PETA Chickens

Volunteers from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PeTA, hold signs bearing an image of James A. Skinner, vice chairman and chief executive officer of McDonald's Corp., in New York