Vice President Dick Cheney addresses more than 10,000 troops from the Army's 3rd Infantry Division and the Georgia National Guard's 48th Brigade Combat Team, July 21, 2006, at Fort Stewart , Ga.

House photo by David Bohrer

U.S. Marines assist American citizens in Beirut, Lebanon, to a waiting U.S. Navy landing craft utility vessel for transfer to the amphibious transport dock USS Nashville (LPD 13) July 21, 2006.

At the request of the U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon and at the direction of the Secretary of Defense, the United States Central Command and elements of Task Force 59 are assisting with the departure of U.S. citizens from Lebanon.

DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Taylor, U.S. Navy

USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) anchors off the coastline of Beirut, Lebanon, July 22, 2006. Whidbey Island and other ships of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group are currently assisting in the departure of U.S. citizens from Lebanon.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Robert J. Fluegel

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks with U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Carl Jensen (left), commander of Task Force 59, and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tom Mooney, defense attach� to the American Embassy in Cyprus, upon her arrival in Larnaca, Cyprus, July 24, 2006.

U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley