U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement to the media at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. Obama proposed freezing the pay of federal civilian employees this year and next as part of an effort to bring the budget deficit under control. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement to the media at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. Obama proposed freezing the pay of federal civilian employees this year and next as part of an effort to bring the budget deficit under control. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement to the media at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. Obama proposed freezing the pay of federal civilian employees this year and next as part of an effort to bring the budget deficit under control. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. shares a laugh with Council of Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer before speaking about a quarterly report on the Recovery Act on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
President Eisenhower dispatched paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division on Sept. 26, 1957, to defend the desegregation of Little Rock's Central High School against the angry crowd, Arkansas National Guard and governor. (AP Photo)
