US Senator Chuck Hagel answers questions from press before signing on the book of condolence during a mourning ceremony held at the Chinese Embassy in Washington. DC, United States, on May 20, 2008. Staffers of the Embassy, local Chinese and overseas Chinese and some US officers attended the mourning ceremony on Tuesday for the victims of the 8.0-magnitude quake on Richter scale hitting southwest and northwest China's regions on May 12.

US Senator Daniel Inouye attends mourning ceremony after signing on the book of condolence during a mourning ceremony held at the Chinese Embassy in Washington. DC, United States, on May 20, 2008. Staffers of the Embassy, local Chinese and overseas Chinese and some U.S officers attended the mourning ceremony on Tuesday for the victims of the 8.0-magnitude quake on Richter scale hitting southwest and northwest China's regions on May 12.