US President Barack Obama (C) speaks alongside Paul Volcker (L), chairman of the Presidentís Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB) and John Doerr (R), partner at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, during a meeting of the board in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 2, 2009. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

US President Barack Obama (C) speaks alongside Paul Volcker (L), chairman of the Presidentís Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB) and John Doerr (R), partner at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, during a meeting of the board in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 2, 2009.

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