He also sends a free weekly newsletter, Rick Warren's Ministry Toolbox, to pastors.

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He also sends personal messages to students majoring in Mandarin or who mention in their profile a desire to go abroad.

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Obama has called Afghanistan a "war of necessity, " and he's sent an additional 21, 000 troops there, but he's also said he has to "exercise skepticism" any time he sends a man or woman in uniform into harm's way.

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"Those days are over, " Boehner declared, but he also signaled a willingness to negotiate with the Senate over any legislation it sends over.

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