WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 6: U.S. President George W. Bush (C) speaks about the subprime mortgage crisis as Treasury. Secretary Henry M. Paulson looks on in the Roosevelt Room of the White House December 6, 2007 in Washington, DC. Bush announced his limited plan for foreclosure relief, that would be a voluntary move by lenders, which would propose to freeze rates for five years and fast track some new mortgages for borrowers who have adjustable rate loans, have not missed any payments and who are un able to afford the increased rates. Getty Images logo Getty Images 26 months ago

WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 6: U.S. President George W. Bush (C) speaks about the subprime mortgage crisis as Treasury. Secretary Henry M. Paulson looks on in the Roosevelt Room of the White House December 6, 2007 in Washington, DC. Bush announced his limited plan for foreclosure relief, that would be a voluntary move by lenders, which would propose to freeze rates for five years and fast track some new mortgages for borrowers who have adjustable rate loans, have not missed any payments and who are un able to afford the increased rates.

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  2. WASHINGTON - JANUARY 30: Former President George H.W. Bush (L) and his son former Florida Governor Jeb Bush (R) depart the West Wing of the White House after meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on January 30, 2010 in Washington, DC. Obama yesterday delivered remarks at the GOP House Issues Conference.
  3. Former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton (C) and George W. Bush (2nd L) are interviewed by CNN's John King in the Map Room of the White House, in this photo released by CNN and taken January 16, 2010.
  4. U.S. President Barack Obama (L) walks with former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush (R) and Bill Clinton in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington January 16, 2010. Obama, flanked by his predecessors Bush and Clinton, on Saturday said the two former presidents would lead a national drive to raise money to help the survivors of Haiti's devastating earthquake.
  5. U.S. President Barack Obama (L) walks with former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush (R) and Bill Clinton in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington January 16, 2010. Obama, flanked by his predecessors Bush and Clinton, on Saturday said the two former presidents would lead a national drive to raise money to help the survivors of Haiti's devastating earthquake.
  6. U.S. President Barack Obama (L) is joined by former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush (R) and Bill Clinton in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington while speaking about disaster aid to Haiti January 16, 2010.
  7. Former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush (L) and Bill Clinton (C) join U.S. President Barack Obama in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington while talking about disaster aid to Haiti January 16, 2010.
  8. U.S. President Barack Obama is joined by former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush (L) and Bill Clinton (R) in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington while speaking about disaster aid to Haiti January 16, 2010.
  9. A view of the White House as snow begins to fall in Washington, February 9, 2010. The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 12 inches (30.5 cm) or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City, forcing schools to close and the U.S. Congress to sharply curtail legislative action.
  10. Snow falls on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington February 9, 2010. The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 12 inches (30.5 cm) or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City.
  11. The snowy front lawn of the the White House is seen through a fence on the north lawn February 9, 2010. The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 12 inches (30.5 cm) or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City.
  12. Snow accumulates on the fence at the White House as the snow begins to fall during an expected blizzard in Washington, February 9, 2010. The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 12 inches (30.5 cm) or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City, forcing schools to close and the U.S. Congress to sharply curtail legislative action.
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  14. The left hand of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs shows a shopping list featuring "Eggs, Milk, Hope and Change", the latter two words used heavily in U.S. President Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential campaign, during Gibbs' daily news briefing at the White House in Washington February 9, 2010.
  15. A woman crosses Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington February 9, 2010. The federal government announced it would remain closed on Tuesday and most schools planned to shut down as residents of the mid-Atlantic struggled to dig out from a blizzard that dumped two feet (0.6 metres) of snow on the region.
  16. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs reads the words "Eggs, Milk, Bread (crossed out), Hope, and Change" written in marker on his hand as he briefs reporters after President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to the James Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been seen with hand written notes on her hands in recent public appearances.

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  2. Demonstrators take part in a protest in central Athens on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. About 7,000 people took part in two separate, peaceful marches in a drizzly Athens, against the center-left government's austerity plan to ease Greece out of a major debt crisis that has alarmed European Union partners and international markets, weakening the euro.
  3. Ex-judge Thomas Walther (L) is pictured as accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk sits in a wheelchair in a courtroom in Munich February 10, 2010. Walther is one of the key figures behind the decision to try Demjanjuk, who will be the first non-German alleged Nazi collaborator to stand trial in a German court. Demjanjuk, an 89-year-old former U.S. auto worker, is on trial in Germany facing charges he helped force 27,900 Jews into gas chambers in Sobibor extermination camp in 1943.
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  5. A worker for the Israel Antiquities Authority stands at an archaeological dig in the Old City of Jerusalem February 10, 2010. The Israel Antiquities Authority said on Wednesday that the excavations in the Old City confirm the accuracy of an ancient map depicting Jerusalem in the Byzantine period.
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  15. Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni gestures during a practice session ahead of the second test cricket match against South Africa, in Nagpur, India, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. The first test concluded Tuesday with India losing to South Africa by an innings and six runs.
  16. Kate, right, and Gerry McCann, the parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann, arrive at a court in Lisbon Wednesday , Feb. 10 2010, for their libel action against former Portuguese detective Goncalo Amaral, background right, who published a book about Madeleine's disappearance. Madeleine was three years old when she vanished from her holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, southern Portugal, while her parents were having dinner nearby on May 3, 2007.