UNITED STATES - MARCH 10: Bernard Madoff leaves Manhattan Federal court after a hearing there Tusday afternoon. The bulletproof vest Bernie Madoff wore under his fine suit could not shield him from barrage of charges, which should ensure he spends rest of his life behind bars for greatest swindle. (Photo by Craig Warga/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
April 4, 2002, Secretay of State Colin Powell looks on as President Bush makes a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House. Powell, a Republican who was President Bush's first secretary of state, endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president Sunday, Oct. 19, 2008, and criticized the tone of Republican John McCain's campaign.
President Bush declares the end of major combat in Iraq as he speaks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast, in this May 1, 2003 file photo. Democratic congressional leaders on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 sent Iraq legislation setting timetables for U.S. troop withdrawals to President George W. Bush and a certain veto. On the fourth anniversary of the president's "Mission Accomplished" speech, Senate Majority Democratic Leader Harry Reid said that Bush "has put our troops in the middle of a civil war. A change of course is needed."