National Governors Association meets with President Obama in Washington
Secretary of Treasury Tim Geithner and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour talk before President Barack Obama addresses the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House on February 23, 2009. (UPI Photo/Dennis Brack/Pool)
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