WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 02: U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden (R) speaks to the media as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors Christina Romer (L) looks on during a meeting on economy with the Middle Class Task Force at the Roosevelt Room of the White House October 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Biden spoke on the latest unemployment figures. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 02: U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden (R) speaks to the media as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors Christina Romer (L) looks on during a meeting on economy with the Middle Class Task Force at the Roosevelt Room of the White House October 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Biden spoke on the latest unemployment figures.

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  1. Christina Romer, the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, testifies before a Joint Economic Committee hearing on the economy on Capitol Hill in Washington October 22, 2009.
  2. US Vice President Joe Biden speaks ahead of a meeting on the economy as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors Christina Romer (L) looks on October 2, 2009 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Biden said that today's job figures were tough news but that the economy would recover.
  3. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (R) speaks with Chair of the Council on Economic Advisers Christina Romer (2nd R) as former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker (2nd L) and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (L) speak before US President Barack Obama delivered a major speech on financial reform in New York on September 14, 2009.

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  12. Christina Romer, the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, testifies before a Joint Economic Committee hearing on the economy on Capitol Hill in Washington October 22, 2009.
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