EVB2938742: The Interstate Commerce Commission was established in 1877 to regulate railroads. The seven commissioners were presidential appointees confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The agency was abolished in 1995 with its functioned assumed by the Surface Transportatio / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939243: 'Rodrigo y Gabriela' perform during the State Dinner reception for President Felipe Calder n of Mexico on the South Lawn of the White House May 19 2010., / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938752: Dutch and German businessmen drafting a contract in a Yokohama mercantile house. 1861 Japanese woodcut by Sadahide Utagawa / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939324: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and National Economic Council Director Larry Summers meet with President Obama. Feb. 11 2009 (BSWH_2011_8_116) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938765: Afghan farmers at a shura lead by Nawa District governor Haji Abdul Manaf in the Helmand province. Hundreds of farmers were told about the food program which provided farmers with an alternative crop to the poppy. Oct. 17 2010., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938791: Afghan National Police officer shops at a store in Now Zad Helmand province Afghanistan. Residents have returned after the expulsion of the Taliban by U.S. Marines. Feb. 17 2010., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938794: Infantryman carries a full combat load including a machine gun after seizing a forward operating base during the U.S. lead coalition's invasion of Afghanistan after the 9/11 al Qaeda terrorist attacks on the U.S. Nov. 25 2001., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938809: An Special Operations infantry company move across the desert in a file after the seizure of a forward operating baseduring the U.S. lead coalition's invasion of Afghanistan after the 9/11 al Qaeda terrorist attacks on the U.S. Nov. 26 2001., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939360: President Obama with the family of Cesar Chavez and leaders of the United Farm Workers signs a proclamation honoring the late Cesar Chavez on March 31 2010 which would have been his 83rd birthday. (BSWH_2011_8_149) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938816: Eastern Afghanistan's White Mountains of the Nangarhar Province the location of the cave complex of Tora Bora. In 2002 coalition soldiers from U.S. Canada and Afghanistan searched this area for Osama Bin Laden Taliban and Al Qaeda forces. Mar. 5 2009, Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939378: President Obama listens to a conversation between former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush after recruiting them to help earthquake stricken Haiti. Jan. 16 2010. (BSWH_2011_8_165) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938829: Soldiers from 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division conduct a Quick Reaction Force mission at Bagram Airfield in Kabul Afghanistan. Quick reaction forces respond to threats within 15 minutes. Jan. 8 2002., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939387: President Obama hugs Phil Schiliro assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs after the House of Representatives finally passed health care reform legislation. March 22 2010. (BSWH_2011_8_173) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938869: Burning gash in the outer face of the Pentagon shortly after terrorists crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the building on Sept. 11 2001., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939405: President Obama walks Russian President Medvedev and French President Sarkozy at the NATO Summit in Lisbon. Nov. 20 2010. (BSWH_2011_8_19) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939420: American Idol Jordin Sparks performs at the Commander-in-Chief's Ball at the National Building Museum. Jan. 20 2009. (BSWH_2011_8_202) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939200: President and Michelle Obama react to daughter Sasha's hole in one while playing miniature golf at Pirate's Island Golf in Panama City Beach Fla. Saturday Aug. 14 2010., / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939462: Chinese President Hu Jintao greets the Hillary Clinton as he begins his US state visit. President and Michelle Obama VP and Jill Biden Robert Gates and Mike Mullen are also in the photo. Jan. 19 2011. (BSWH_2011_8_240) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939265: Michelle Obama prepares before speaking at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Michelle wears a dress and coat of purple wool-silk blend from Isacc Mirahi's Pre-Fall 2009 collection. May 18 2009., / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939486: President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev conclude a meeting at Winfield House in London. April 1 2009. (BSWH_2011_8_262) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939328: Hillary Clinton speaking to the press after meeting with House Speaker John Boehner to discuss proposed foreign affairs budget cuts that she described as 'devastating' to U.S. national security interests. Feb. 14 2011. (BSWH_2011_8_12) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939492: President Obama and Russian Prime Minister Vladmir Putin at a breakfast meeting in Moscow. On Obama's left is National Security Advisor Marine General Jim Jones. July 7 2009. (BSWH_2011_8_268) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939358: The President talks with Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor at the end of a bipartisan meeting at the White House. At Obama's right stand Senate Leaders Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid. (BSWH_2011_8_147) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939498: President Obama confers with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown following the UN Security Council meeting New York City. Sept. 24 2009 (BSWH_2011_8_273) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939385: Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg visits President Obama in the Oval Office on March 3 2009 prompting his examination of the Resolute Desk for the panel through which her brother John F. Kennedy Jr. had played in 1963. (BSWH_2011_8_171) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939394: World leaders relaxing before dinner at the G-8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy, 2009 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939463: President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a State Dinner at the presidential palace New Delhi. Nov. 8 2010. (BSWH_2011_8_241) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939466: President Obama greets Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki in the Oval Office on July 22 2009. (BSWH_2011_8_244) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939469: President Obama talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office. May 18 2009. (BSWH_2011_8_247) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2939490: President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign a preliminary agreement to reduce American and Russian nuclear arsenals at the Kremlin. July 6 2009. (BSWH_2011_8_266) / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938899: In Camp Delta prison at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Cuba a detainee stands in the recreation yard. June 8 2010., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938905: U.S. Sailors both grasping the chain around a detainee's waist escort him to a legal appointment at Camp Delta Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Cuba. May 5 2009., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938909: Detainees attend a class at Camp Delta military prison on Guantanamo Bay Naval Station. Courses are offered on life skills languages and art classes. Mar. 29 2010., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938924: Under the guard tower a detainee walks in the recreation yard at Camp Delta the military prison for suspected Taliban and Al-Qaeda combatants at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Cuba. June 8 2010., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938936: Afghan farmers walk in their poppy fields as harvesting season nears. In Now Zad Helmand Province in western Afghanistan April 14 2010., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images

EVB2938964: Army General Tommy R. Franks center Commander of coalition forces greets soldiers while visiting at Bagram Air Base Afghanistan on Aug. 24 2002., Photo by:Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images