
WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 26: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) arrives before delivering remarks about his proposed Financial Year 2010 federal budget outline with National Economic Council Chairman Lawrence Summers (L), Vice President Joe Biden (2nd-L) and other members of his administration including (3rd-L-R) Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag and Domestic Policy Adviser Melody Barnes in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building February 26, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama sent the $3 trillion-plus outline to Congress with requests for the ability to spend an additional $250 billion for financial industry rescue efforts on top of the $700 billion already authorized. The budget is projected to leave the federal government with a $1.75 trillion deficit. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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