A worker at the "So Others May Eat" (SOME) soup kitchen and social service center for the poor gives U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) guidance as he prepares to serve lunch to the homeless and poor in downtown Washington, June 25, 2009. Gene Sperling (C), Counselor to the Secretary looks on. Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

A worker at the "So Others May Eat" (SOME) soup kitchen and social service center for the poor gives U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) guidance as he prepares to serve lunch to the homeless and poor in downtown Washington, June 25, 2009. Gene Sperling (C), Counselor to the Secretary looks on.

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