WASHINGTON - JUNE 17: Director of the National Economic Council Lawrence Summers (L) waits with U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (R) for President Barack Obama to speak on his administration's plan on regulating the financial system in the East Room June 17, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama laid out the detail of his plan hoping it would help to avoid more financial crisis in the future. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

WASHINGTON - JUNE 17: Director of the National Economic Council Lawrence Summers (L) waits with U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (R) for President Barack Obama to speak on his administration's plan on regulating the financial system in the East Room June 17, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama laid out the detail of his plan hoping it would help to avoid more financial crisis in the future.

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  1. Lawrence Summers (R), director of the White House's National Economic Council, answers a question during an interview with Maria Bartiromo (L) of CNBC at the Newseum in Washington October 2, 2009. The interview was part of the First Draft of History event, held by the Atlantic Magazine and the Aspen Institute to bring together newsmakers, historians and journalists.
  2. Maria Bartiromo (L) of CNBC interviews Lawrence Summers (R), director of the White House's National Economic Council, at the Newseum in Washington, October 2, 2009. The interview was part of the First Draft of History event, held by the Atlantic Magazine and the Aspen Institute to bring together newsmakers, historians and journalists.
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  4. Lawrence Summers, White House chief economic adviser, speaks at the Buttonwood Gathering, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 in New York. "A return to the status quo is unacceptable," Summers said. Banks must increase capital cushions and accept regulation and not be able to choose their own regulator, "playing one against the other," he added.
  5. Lawrence Summers, White House chief economic adviser, speaks at the Buttonwood Gathering, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 in New York. "A return to the status quo is unacceptable," Summers said. Banks must increase capital cushions and accept regulation and not be able to choose their own regulator, "playing one against the other," he added.
  6. Lawrence Summers, director of the White House's National Economic Council, departs after an interview at the Newseum in Washington, October 2, 2009. The interview was part of the First Draft of History event, held by the Atlantic Magazine and the Aspen Institute to bring together newsmakers, historians and journalists.
  7. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Barney Frank (D-MA) questions Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the Federal Reserves financial regulatory reform proposals.
  8. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the Federal Reserves financial regulatory reform proposals.
  9. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the Federal Reserves financial regulatory reform proposals.
  10. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the Federal Reserves financial regulatory reform proposals.
  11. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the Federal Reserves financial regulatory reform proposals.
  12. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the Federal Reserves financial regulatory reform proposals.
  13. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  14. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  15. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  16. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.

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