photo: AP / United Nations, Eskinder Debebe
In this Oct. 15, 2009 photo released by the United Nations, Inga-Britt Ahlehius, Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services, speaks during a high level discussion on internal oversight at U.N. headquarters. Ahlehius, the head of the U.N.'s internal watchdog agency is stepping down this week with no long-term successor in sight, heightening the fears of U.S. and some U.N. officials that the much-derided effort to curb corruption in the world body will suffer further blows.
photo: AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari
Former Sen. George Mitchell testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washingt
photo: AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari
Former Sen. George Mitchell testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washin
photo: AP / Susan Walsh
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10,2009, before the Congressional Oversight Panel hearing the financial markets.
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks at the Financial Stability Oversight Council's (FSOC) first meeting, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010, at the Treasury Department in Washington.
photo: AP / Susan Walsh
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2009, before the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
photo: AP / Susan Walsh
Bank of American Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Lewis testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2009, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
photo: AP / Cliff Owen
A Toyota RAV4 SUV is parked on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, where the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is holding hearings regarding Toyota.
photo: AP / Charles Dharapak
FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing regarding the oversight of the FBI.
photo: AP / Susan Walsh
Kenneth Feinberg, Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation, waits to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
photo: AP / Charles Dharapak
President and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation Akio Toyoda testifies in a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010.
photo: AP / Alex Brandon
David Gilbert, associate professor of Automotive Technology at Southern Illinois University, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, before the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing on Toyota.
photo: AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari
BP CEO Tony Hayward testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 17, 2010, before the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing on "the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and oil spill.
photo: AP / Alex Brandon
BP CEO Tony Hayward testifies during a House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing on "the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and oil spill," on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 17, 2010.
photo: AP / Gerald Herbert
James E. Lentz, president and chief operating officer, Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., leaves Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, after testifying before the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing on Toyota.
photo: AP / Lawrence Jackson
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the roll of the federal government in the financial marke
photo: AP / Evan Vucci
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the roll of the federal government in the financial mar
photo: AP / Alex Brandon
BP CEO Tony Hayward prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 17, 2010, before the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing on "the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and oil spill.
photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley testifies before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Tracking the Money: Preventing Waste, Fraud and Abuse of Recovery Act Funding" on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 8, 2009, in Washington.
photo: U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Nate Orme
Maj. Vivian Gaz discusses her units operations with the oversight commander of the 377th Theater Support Command, Brig. Gen. Michael Diamond, at the Armys air operations terminal at Ali Al Salem AFB in Kuwait.
photo: AP / Cliff Owen
A Toyota Highlander SUV that Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda will ride in after he finishes giving testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010.
photo: AP / Lawrence Jackson
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the roll of the federal government in the financial markets.
photo: AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari
BP CEO Tony Hayward, center, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 17, 2010, to testify before the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing on "the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and oil spill.
photo: AP / Lauren Victoria Burke
Toyota President and Chief Executive Officer Akio Toyoda leaves a meeting with Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Toyota
photo: AP / Alex Brandon
BP CEO Tony Hayward looks over documents on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday,June 17, 2010, while testifying before the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing on "the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and oil spill.
photo: AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari
BP CEO Tony Hayward testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 17, 2010, before the House Energy and Environment subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill.
photo: AP / Alex Brandon
BP CEO Tony Hayward looks over documents on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday,June 17, 2010, while testifying before the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing on "the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and oil spill
photo: AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari
BP CEO Tony Hayward takes his seat on Capitol Hill in Washington,, Thursday, June 17, 2010, prior to testifying before the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing on "the role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and oil spill.
photo: AP / Cliff Owen
Toyota President and Chief Executive Officer Akio Toyoda, center, and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., second from right, leave a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, prior to Toyoda testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Toyota.
photo: AP / Susan Walsh
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center, flanked by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, left, and FDIC Chair Sheila Bair, speaks during a meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010, at the Treasury Department in Washington