** FILE ** In this photo made available by the Israeli Defense Ministry, Defense minister Ehud Barak (center), Chief of Staff Benny Gantz (right) and head of Israel's Southern Command Tal Tousso attend a briefing in Beersheba, Israel, on Nov. 15, 2012. (Associated Press/Ariel Hermoni, Israeli Defense Ministry)
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak walk together into the Pentagon as Hagel hosts an honor cordon to welcome Barak to the Pentagon, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak walk together into the Pentagon as Hagel hosts an honor cordon to welcome Barak to the Pentagon, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak speaks at the 49th Munich Security Conference on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in Munich. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak speaks to the media in Tel Aviv on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak attends a press conference in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 17 2011, where he abruptly announced that he was leaving his Labor Party and forming a new parliamentary faction inside the governing coalition. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak speaks to the media in Tel Aviv on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. Mr. Barak shook up the Israeli political system with the abrupt announcement that he is quitting politics and will not run in general elections in January. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak speaks to the media in Tel Aviv on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, center left, and US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro, center right, speak to journalists in front of a military Iron Dome defense missile system, designed to intercept and destroy incoming short-range rockets and artillery shells, near the costal city of Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
