President Barack Obama, center, delivers a statement on the monthly jobs number on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. From left are, outgoing Council of Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, the president, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Small Business Administrator (SBA) Karen G. Mills and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Obama reports on the economy from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington as the latest unemployment figures are released on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
In this image released by the White House, President Obama, second left, holds a working dinner with, clockwise from left, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Quartet Representative Tony Blair, Special Envoy for Mideast peace George Mitchell, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)
NEGOTIATORS: President Obama walks with Mideast leaders, from left, Hosni Mubarak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas and King Abdullah II to the East Room to make a statement about peace talks. (Associated Press)
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Barack Obama, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah II walk to East Room of the White House before making statements on the Middle East peace negotiations in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
ASSOCIATED PRESS Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty ordered state agencies to decline "discretionary" involvement with President Obama's health care overhaul on Tuesday. He is expected to use the move to hit Mitt Romney of the presidential campaign trail. He considers Mr. Romney a front-runner because of his name recognition and campaign organization dating back to his failed 2008 presidential run.
President Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
