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December 01, 2011 at 09:13 AM
The European Central Bank will play a bigger lending role in the current sovereign debt crisis, and in return, it will be a more robust player when it comes to the budgets of individual Eurozone countries. Barney Frank announces his retirement and Britain and Iran find themselves at a diplomatic low point. This and more in this week’s week in pictures.
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., walks down the steps of Newton City Hall in Newton, Mass., Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, after announcing he will not seek reelection in 2012. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
U.S. servicemen fold the American flag after it was lowered during the a handover ceremony of a military base in Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden thanked U.S. and Iraqi troops Thursday for sacrifices that he said allowed for the end of the nearly nine-year-long war, even as attacks around the country killed 20 people, underscoring the security challenges Iraq still faces (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
In this Oct. 26, 2009 file photo, primary care physician Dr. Don Klitgaard is seen at the Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, Iowa. Unless Congress acts before Jan. 1 doctors will again face steep Medicare cuts that threaten to undermine health care for millions of seniors and disabled people. It’s become a symbol of sorts for the federal government’s budget dysfunction. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
