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President Barack Obama speaks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

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President Barack Obama listens during his joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

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In this photo taken Feb. 3, 2011, unemployed financial worker Jonathan Velazquez, phones in to get State of California's Employment Development Department, EDD unemployment benefits at the Verdugo Job Center in Glendale, Calif. Finding a job remains a struggle 20 months after the recession technically ended. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) (AP)

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FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama, visiting Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, N.C., speaks about the key to boosting American competitiveness, that it rests in the nation's willingness to invest in a more educated workforce, a deeper commitment to research and technology, and improvements in infrastructure, from roads and airports to high-speed internet. Under pressure to boost the economy the same message will likely be at the center of his State of the Union address Tuesday, Jan. 25. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File) (AP)

Obama's director: Deficits force ''tough choices''

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In this photo taken Jan. 19, 2011, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio talks about the upcoming vote to to repeal the health care bill at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans used their first two weeks in power, interrupted by tributes to the Arizona shooting victims, to excoriate the health law. Boehner says the next big priority is to codify a perennially renewed ban on federal funding for abortion, and to specify that it applies to health plans. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP)

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FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2011 file photo, job seekers line up for a job fair at a hotel in Dallas. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell last week, after bad weather contributed to a spike in the number of those seeking benefits the previous week. (AP Photo/LM Otero, file) (AP)

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Neil D. Parry
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FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2010 file photo, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney is seen in Dallas. This month's early under-the-radar campaigning by potential Republican challengers to President Barack Obama is a reminder of something too easily forgotten: Running for president is harder than it looks, and Obama ultimately will stand against a flesh-and-blood nominee certain to make mistakes along the way. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File) (AP)

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Traders gather at the post that handles General Motors on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) (AP)

Stocks close at two-year high

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FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2010 file photo, shoppers are photographed on 34th Street, in New York. Retail sales rise for the sixth month in December, capping a rebound year following a deep recession. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file) (AP)

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Ari Fleischer

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President Barack Obama gestures on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, prior to delivering his State of the Union address in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio applaud at rear. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Charles Dharapak)

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An auction sign for a property is seen at the front garden of a foreclosed house in Miami Gardens, Florida in this September 15, 2009 file photo. There are more than 6,600 home foreclosure filings per day, according to the Center for Responsible Lending, a nonpartisan watchdog group based in Durham, North Carolina. With nearly two million already this year, the flood of foreclosures shows no sign of abating any time soon. To match feature USA-HOUSING/FORECLOSURES REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files (UNITED STATES POLITICS BUSINESS) (Reuters)

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Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron

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President Barack Obama looks up to the audience as he arrives at an event to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of John F. Kennedy's inauguration address, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, at the Kennedy Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

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In this Dec. 26, 2010 photo, a sign advertises that a new Target store is hiring workers in Marborough, Mass. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits drops Thursday, De. 30, 2010, to lowest level since July 2008. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes) (AP)

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Jon Kyl

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President Barack Obama waves as he arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, from a trip to Schenectady, N.Y. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

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Jeffrey Immelt

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FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2010, file photo Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Congressional Oversight Panel hearing on TARP. The United States just passed a dubious milestone: Government debt surged to an all-time high, more than $14 trillion. Geithner says failure to increase borrowing authority would be "a catastrophe," perhaps rivaling the financial meltdown of 2008-2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (AP)

Today in dour economic news: U.S. debt skyrockets

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FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2010 file photo, General Electric's Jeffrey Immelt, looks on as President Barack Obama speaks at a roundtable discussion with business leaders in Mumbai, India. President Barack Obama is restructuring his economic advisory board and naming Immelt as it new head. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (AP)

Former GE CEO will be Obama's top economic advisor

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President Barack Obama talks about the latest reports showing a decline in the unemployment rate as he highlights his economic policies in a speech on the factory floor of the Thompson Creek Window Company in Landover, Md., Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. Obama also announced Gene Sperling as the new head of the National Economic Council. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

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