President Barack Obama called on Congress to pass a $447 billion package of tax cuts and spending to get America back to work in a major speech before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on September 8, 2011.
The U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps perform in The US Army's Spirit of America at the Verizon Center on Sept. 10, 2011
CIA Director, David Petraeus testified at a joint congressional intelligence committee hearing on Capitol Hill on September 13, 2011. On the job for only eight days, Mr. Petraeus has swapped his green uniform for business attire.
