ANDREWS DEPARTURE

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta boards an Air Force E4-B on Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sept. 15, 2012, to begin an eight-day trip to meet with defense counterparts in Japan, China and New Zealand. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

SOLEMN APPROACH

President Barack Obama, followed by Army Chaplain Col. J. Wesley Smith and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, walks toward the podium during the transfer of remains ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sept. 14, 2012, marking the return to the United States of the remains of the four Americans killed in Benghazi, Libya. White House photo by Pete Souza

CLINTON REMARKS

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers remarks during a dignified transfer ceremony on Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sept. 14, 2012, for the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three fellow State Department employees killed in a Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Consultate in Benghazi, Libya. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Steele C.G. Britton

OBAMA SPEAKS

President Barack Obama speaks at the dignified transfer ceremony for the U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, Foreign Service officer Sean Smith, and security officers Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty on Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sept. 14, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

DIGNIFIED TRANSFER

U.S. Marines salute during the dignified transfer ceremony for the U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, Foreign Service officer Sean Smith, and security officers Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty on Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sept. 14, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

SOLEMN MOMENT

Army Chaplain Col. J. Wesley Smith delivers remarks at the dignified transfer ceremony for U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, Foreign Service officer Sean Smith, and security officers Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty on Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sept. 14, 2012. The four men were killed during a Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Steele C.G. Britton

OLYMPIC HONOR

President Barack Obama, second from left, is joined by First Lady Michelle Obama, far left, Paralympic swimmer Brad Snyder, center, Olympic fencer Mariel Zagunis, second from right, and Vice President Joe Biden during an event to honor members of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams at the White House in Washington, D.C., Sept. 14, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo by Desiree N. Palacios

BOOK SIGNING

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta looks on as Hungarian Defense Minister Csaba Hende signs the guest book at the Pentagon, Sept. 14, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo