(AFP) - US President George W. Bush is introduced before his address during the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Lima, Peru. Asia-Pacific leaders on Sunday were to wrap up a summit in which they vowed a united front against the world finance crisis but with bold initiatives looking unlikely to emerge before the meeting adjourned.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

(AFP) - US President George W. Bush (R) and Peruvian President Alan Garcia wave to the press upon arrival to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Retreat I in Lima. Asia-Pacific leaders on Sunday were to wrap up a summit in which they vowed a united front against the world finance crisis but with bold initiatives looking unlikely to emerge before the meeting adjourned.(AFP/Alfredo Estrella)

(AFP) - The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) heads of state get ready for the start of the Leaders Retreat I in Lima. Asia-Pacific leaders on Sunday were to wrap up a summit in which they vowed a united front against the world finance crisis but with bold initiatives looking unlikely to emerge before the meeting adjourned.(AFP/Rodrigo Arangua)

(AFP) - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev takes part in the leaders retreat during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit at the Ministry of Defense Convention Center in Lima. Asia-Pacific leaders on Sunday were to wrap up a summit in which they vowed a united front against the world finance crisis but with bold initiatives looking unlikely to emerge before the meeting adjourned.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

(AFP) - China's President Hu Jintao prepares to take his seat before the start of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Retreat I in Lima. Asia-Pacific leaders on Sunday were to wrap up a summit in which they vowed a united front against the world finance crisis but with bold initiatives looking unlikely to emerge before the meeting adjourned.(AFP/Rodrigo Arangua)

(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (R) nods as he listens to President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Timothy Geithner before addressing the Economic Club of New York in this October 15, 2008 file photo. (Lucas Jackson/Files/Reuters)

(AFP/File) - File photo of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. Bill Clinton energy secretary Richardson is being touted as commerce secretary for Obama's new cabinet.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)

(AFP/File) - File photo of US president-elect Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and daughters Sasha, 7 and Malia. When Obama moves into the White House in January, word is that mother-in-law Marian Robinson will be moving in, too.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)

(AFP) - The White House and the Washington skyline. When US president-elect Barack Obama moves into the White House in January, word is that mother-in-law Marian Robinson will be moving in, too.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - US President elect Barack Obama stands on stage with his mother-in-law Marian Robinson (2nd L), Vice-President elect Joe Biden (right) and Boden's mother Jean during an election night gathering in Grant Park. When Obama moves into the White House in January, word is that mother-in-law Marian Robinson will be moving in, too.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Eric Thayer)

(AFP) - US President George W. Bush in Lima for the APEC summit on November 22. The US President and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, have put a brave face on their differences at valedictory talks, with officials highlighting that Iran and piracy were problems the two sides would continue working on.(AFP/Alexander Nemenov)

(AFP) - A protester, dressed as a Guantanamo Bay prisoner, takes part in a demonstration against the presence of US President George W Bush at the APEC summit in Lima on November 22.(AFP/Eitan Abramovich)

(AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and his US counterpart George W. Bush shake hands during a meeting in Lima. Bush and Medvedev agreed Saturday on the need for their countries to keep cooperating on Iran after Barack Obama takes office, the White House said.(AFP/Alexander Nemenov)

(AFP/File) - US soldiers stand guard in the northern city of Mosul. Dismantling the sprawling US military presence in Iraq will be a huge and complex undertaking, US military officials say, even in the three years allowed for the withdrawal of all US forces.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A soldier greets his wife after a homecoming ceremony in Fort Lewis, Washington in mid-November. Dismantling the sprawling US military presence in Iraq will be a huge and complex undertaking, US military officials say, even in the three years allowed for the withdrawal of all US forces.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Brashear)

(AFP/File) - File photo shows a US soldier in a watch tower in a patrol base in al-Adwaniyah on the southern outskirts of Baghdad. Dismantling the sprawling US military presence in Iraq will be a huge and complex undertaking, US military officials say, even in the three years allowed for the withdrawal of all US forces.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)

(AFP/File) - Iraqi and US soldiers in the northern city of Mosul. Dismantling the sprawling US military presence in Iraq will be a huge and complex undertaking, US military officials say, even in the three years allowed for the withdrawal of all US forces.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)

(AFP/File) - Barack Obama (L) campaigns alongside Caroline Kennedy, daughter of late US president John F. Kennedy in Scranton, Pennsylvania in April 2008. Americans reflected Saturday on the presidency of John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated 45 years ago, as once again a young, inspiring president is headed to the White House.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)

(AFP/File) - Former US president John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline shortly before his assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Americans reflected Saturday on the presidency of John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated 45 years ago, as once again a young, inspiring president is headed to the White House.(AFP/File)

(AFP/HO/File) - Former US president John F. Kennedy (R) talks with his son John F. Kennedy Jr. in the Oval Office on October 14, 1963. Americans reflected Saturday on the presidency of John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated 45 years ago, as once again a young, inspiring president is headed to the White House.(AFP/HO/File)

(AFP) - US President George W. Bush (L) and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev pose for a photo before a bilateral meeting at a hotel on the sidelines of the APEC 2008 Summit in Lima. Bush and Medvedev agreed Saturday on the need for their countries to keep cooperating on Iran after Barack Obama takes office, the White House said.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

(AFP) - Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe addresses the audience during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO summit in Lima. Outgoing US President George W. Bush urged his successor on Saturday to continue to support Uribe, calling the South American conservative "a good friend."(AFP/Rodrigo Arangua)

(AFP/POOL) - US President George W. Bush (C) poses with his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso before their meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima. The leaders jointly pressed North Korea to show how it will carry out a slow-moving six-nation pact on ending its nuclear program.(AFP/POOL)

(AFP) - US President George W. Bush (C) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima. Bush promised Saturday to ask his successor Barack Obama to take up the cause of Japanese kidnap victims in North Korea, a row that has clouded over a denuclearization deal.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

(AFP) - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev walks upon arrival to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Retreat I in Lima. Medvedev on Saturday meets US President George W. Bush in what may be a chilly last encounter framed by US moves in eastern Europe and Russian ambitions in Latin America.(AFP/Alfredo Estrella)

(Reuters) - President Bush walks across the South Lawn with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley to board Marine One at the White House, November 21, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)

(Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama smiles as he goes to pay his bill at Manny's Coffee Shop and Deli in Chicago, Illinois November 21, 2008. (Frank Polich/Reuters)

(AFP/File) - Barack Obama (L) greets a Chicago police officer during a visit to a cafe on November 21, 2008. Obama Saturday announced plans to create 2.5 million new jobs as he forged ahead in his bid to shore up the flagging economy ahead of his January inauguration.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)

(AFP) - A YouTube video of US President-elect Barack Obama's weekly radio address is seen on a computer screen in Chicago. Obama Saturday announced plans to create 2.5 million new jobs as he forged ahead in his bid to shore up the flagging economy ahead of his January inauguration.(AFP/Saul Loeb)

(AFP/USDOS/File) - Former US ambassador to Croatia William Montgomery, pictured here in 2002, who currently lives in the former Yugoslav republic, has been given police protection after threats, a police official said Saturday.(AFP/USDOS/File)

(AFP) - US President George W. Bush (R) poses with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima. Bush jokingly told Harper on Saturday that he was going into "forced retirement" when Barack Obama takes over the White House in two months.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

(AFP) - US President George W. Bush (L) shakes hands with his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak ahead of a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima. Bush told Lee Saturday that a US-South Korea free trade deal has stalled in Washington due to an anti-trade "backlash," the White House said.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

(AFP/Getty Images/FIle) - A cargo ship filled with shipping containers docks in Miami. US President George W. Bush has offered a sweeping defense of free trade, demanding the world resist protectionism during the financial turmoil.(AFP/Getty Images/FIle/Joe Raedle)

(AFP) - US President George W. Bush has offered a sweeping defense of free trade, demanding the world resist protectionism during the financial turmoil.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

(AFP) - US President George W. Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper hold talks on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Lima, Peru. Bush has offered a sweeping defense of free trade, demanding the world resist protectionism during the financial turmoil.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

(AFP) - A view of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministerial meeting in Lima. Chinese President Hu Jintao thanked US President George W. Bush on Friday for improving Sino-US ties and said he hoped Barack Obama will follow suit upon taking office January 20, a Chinese official said.(AFP/Rodrigo Arangua)

(AFP) - China's President Hu Jintao delivers a speech during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in Lima. Hu thanked US President George W. Bush on Friday for improving Sino-US ties and said he hoped Barack Obama will follow suit upon taking office January 20, a Chinese official said.(AFP)

(AFP) - US President George W. Bush steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima. Bush is in Lima, Peru, to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Chinese President Hu Jintao thanked Bush on Friday for improving Sino-US ties and said he hoped Barack Obama will follow suit upon taking office January 20, a Chinese official said.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)

(AFP/File) - The US military installs a radar system at a military facility in Israel's Negev desert on November 12, 2008. The radar system, which the United States agreed in July to deploy in Israel to counter a perceived missile threat from Iran, is to go operational in mid-December, army radio reported on Saturday.(AFP/File/David Buimovitch)

(AFP/File) - Barack Obama, seen here, at a presidential campaign rally. Americans reflected on the presidency of John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated 45 years ago, as once again a young, inspiring president is headed to the White House.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)

(AFP/HO/File) - Former US president John F. Kennedy with his son John F. Kennedy Jr. in the Oval Office on 14 October 1963. Americans reflected Saturday on the presidency of Kennedy, who was assassinated 45 years ago.(AFP/HO/File/HO)

(AFP/File) - A protestor holds a red rose during a rally demanding President Eduard Shevarnadze's resignation in 2003 in Tbilisi. Hours before talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, US President George W. Bush in a statement released Saturday hailed Georgia's 2003 "Rose Revolution" to cast off centuries of Moscow's influence.(AFP/File)

(AFP) - US President George W. Bush, seen here on November 15, has denounced Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's "illegitimate regime" and called for a new government that would represent the will of the country's people.(AFP/Jim Watson)

(AFP/File) - File photo of New York central banker Timothy Geithner in 2006 who is tipped to be treasury secretary in the new Barack Obama administration.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)

(AFP) - Barack Obama greets a Chicago police officer during a visit to a cafe on November 21, 2008. Obama has announced he had ordered his economic advisers to produce an economic recovery plan to create 2.5 million new jobs over the next two years.(AFP/Saul Loeb)

(AFP) - Barack Obama orders food at Manny's Coffee Shop and Deli in Chicago. US president-elect Barack Obama has ordered his economic advisers to produce an economic recovery plan to create 2.5 million new jobs over the next two years.(AFP/Saul Loeb)

(Reuters) - New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner testifies at the U.S. House Financial Services Committee in this July 24, 2008 file photo. (Larry Downing/Reuters)

(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (R) listens to President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Timothy Geithner before addressing the Economic Club of New York, in this October 15, 2008 file photo. (Lucas Jackson/Files/Reuters)