
White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Alan Krueger, right, accompanied by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, speaks to the media about middle class tax cuts and spending, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Alan Krueger, right, accompanied by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, speaks to the media about middle class tax cuts and spending, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

"The economy is growing, but it is not growing fast enough" to make much headway in reducing unemployment among millions of Americans." - Alan B. Krueger, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers

"The economy is growing, but it is not growing fast enough" to make much headway in reducing unemployment among millions of Americans." - Alan B. Krueger, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers

President Obama announces his selection of Alan Krueger (left), a labor economist at Princeton University, as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers on Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)