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  1. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, left, and Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag, right, walk in the Capitol after they attended a Senate health care negotiators meeting Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Washington.
  2. Budget Director Peter Orszag is interviewed by The Associated Press in Washington, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009.
  3. Budget Director Peter Orszag is interviewed by The Associated Press in Washington, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009.
  4. Budget Director Peter Orszag is interviewed by The Associated Press in Washington, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009.
  5. Budget Director Peter Orszag is interviewed by The Associated Press in Washington, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009.
  6. Budget Director Peter Orszag is interviewed by The Associated Press in Washington, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009.
  7. FILE- In this Oct. 5, 2009 file photo, Budget Director Peter Orszag is interviewed by The Associated Press in Washington.
  8. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 02: U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden (2nd-L) speaks to the media as (L-R) Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors Christina Romer, Director of the National Economic Council Larry Summers, White House Budget Director Peter Orszag listen 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.
  9. Vice President Joe Biden, second from left, responds to news that the nation's unemployment rate rose in September, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, during a meeting of his Middle Class Task Force in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are: Council of Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer, the vice president, National Economic Council Director Larry Summers, and Budget Director Peter Orszag.

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