[Kaslin]

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, front center, stands with NATO foreign ministers during a group photo at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday Dec. 2, 2008. NATO foreign ministers met Tuesday to tackle tough issues ranging from the escalating war in Afghanistan and improving relations with Russia, to combating piracy off the Somali coast.

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, left, and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice step off the podium following a group photo at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday Dec. 2, 2008. NATO foreign ministers met Tuesday to tackle tough issues ranging from the escalating war in Afghanistan and improving relations with Russia, to combating piracy off the Somali coast

[Kaslin]

White House photos and others from yesterday

President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush address reporters on World AIDS Day from the North Lawn of the White House, Monday, Dec. 1. 2008, where President Bush reaffirmed the commitment to fight HIV/AIDS at home and abroad. A large red ribbon is displayed from the North Portico of the White House in observance of World AIDS Day. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian