Vice President Joe Biden, seated at right, talks with local workers and small business owners about the economy at Pete's New Haven Style Apizza restaurant in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Seated at the table with Biden, from left to right: Damon Blacklock, a police officer trainee with the Baltimore Police Department; Betsy Talbott, a child care provider from Silver Spring, Md. ; Joel Mehr, co-owner of Pete's New Haven Style Apizza; Bruce Dantley, a welder from Upper Marlboro, Md. ; Kathleen Richardson, a small business owner from Richmond, Va. ; and Kathy Ogle, a nurse practitioner from Annapolis, Md.