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President Obama speaks Monday at Parkville Middle School and Center of Technology in Parkville, Md. At right is Jacob Lew, Office of Management and Budget Director. (Associated Press)

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President Obama reaches to shake hands with eighth-graders as he speaks at Parkville Middle School and Center of Technology in Parkville, Md., on Monday, Feb., 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

President Barack Obama's image is seen broadcast inside the White House Briefing Room in Washington, Friday, Feb., 11, 2011. Obama was making a statement on the resignation of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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DON'T USE THIS CAPTION 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line 4 line. FILE - In this May 13, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama, not shown, introduces Rep. Chris Lee, R-N.Y., at Industrial Support Inc., in Buffalo, N.Y. Lee abruptly resigned his seat on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, after a gossip web site reported that Lee, a married two-term Republican lawmaker, had sent a shirtless photo of himself to a woman he met on Craigslist. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)

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President Obama makes a statement on the resignation of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in the Grand Foyer at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Obama meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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* FILE ** President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks at Northern Michigan University, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, in Marquette, Mich. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

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President Obama speaks at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Mich., on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Military personnel salute President Obama as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, en route to Marquette, Mich., where he is promoting high-speed wireless Internet access for almost all Americans. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio, flanked by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia (right) and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of California, said they found some common ground with President Obama at a private lunch Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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MOVERS: Republican leaders in the House leave a luncheon with President Obama on Wednesday. From left are: Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of California and Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia. They discussed spending and the national debt. (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner (center), accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (right) and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, leave the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, following a luncheon with President Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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GIVING A BREAK: President Obama, calling for a simpler tax system, says that "it's time to stop subsidizing yesterday's energy; it's time to invest in tomorrow's." (Bloomberg)

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President Obama greets members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday after urging businesses to join him in an effort to change a "burdensome" corporate tax code and calling for "something smarter, something simpler, something fairer." (Bloomberg)