U.S. President Obama signs National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform order in Washington

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks before signing an executive order creating the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, as Vice President Joe Biden (L) and the co-chairs Erskine Bowles (2nd R) and Alan Simpson look on, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington on February 18, 2010. UPI/Gary Fabiano/Pool