U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., is embraced by his daughter Christina as he looks over toward his wife Jackie after announcing that he will retire after his current term outside his home in East Haddam, Conn., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. Dodd, who served five terms, is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and made an unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2008.
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)