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Manned by a single career diplomat and three contractors inside State Department headquarters in Washington, the "Virtual U.S. Embassy Tehran" effort has grown since its 2011 inception to include multiple blogs, Instagram, Google Plus and Twitter accounts, as well as the Farsi-language Facebook page. (Facebook)
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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Mark Buehrle (56) throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Wednesday, June 3, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Teens from Chicago and elsewhere vied in district competitions to advance to the Cooking Up Change final in Washington. (Healthy Schools Campaign/Cooking up Change photographs)
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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, concludes a conference call in his Capitol Hill office in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2015, with representatives from religious nonprofits that are concerned about how the Supreme Court's upcoming gay marriage decision will affect their institutions and members of the media. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2015, to oppose fast-tracking the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2015, to oppose fast-tracking the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2015, to oppose fast-tracking the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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President Obama waves in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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The Washington Nationals grounds crew squeegee's the tarp before an interleague baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the Toronto Blue Jays at Nationals Park, Monday, June 1, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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President Barack Obama smiles during an event with Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative fellows, Monday, June 1, 2015, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Barack Obama pauses during an event with Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative fellows, Monday, June 1, 2015, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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John P. Elwood, attorney for Anthony D. Elonis, who claimed he was just kidding when he posted a series of graphically violent rap lyrics on Facebook about killing his estranged wife, shooting up a kindergarten class and attacking an FBI agent, speaks to reporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington in this Dec. 1, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. in this 2014 file photo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**
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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Feb. 3, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, right, takes the wheel with former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, center, and former Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich during a fundraiser for the Belknap County Republican Committee aboard the motor vessel Mount Washington on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, Friday, May 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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President Barack Obama speaks to media as he meets with Attorney General Loretta Lynch in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 29, 2015. The president said a "handful of senators" are the only thing standing in the way of an extension of key Patriot Act provisions before they expire at midnight Sunday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama speaks to media as he meets with Attorney General Loretta Lynch in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn of the White House from Marine One, Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Washington, as he arrives from Miami where the he visited the National Hurricane Center and the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity to pay his respects to the Cuban-American diaspora that worship there. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) ** FILE **
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Vice President Joe Biden listens to remarks to the media during a meeting between President Barack Obama and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Tuesday, May 26, 2015, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
