President Obama (center), accompanied by outgoing Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner (left), announces in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, that he will nominate current White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew (right) as the next secretary of the treasury. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
President Obama (center), accompanied by outgoing Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner (left), announces in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, that he will nominate current White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew (right) as the next secretary of the treasury. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, seen here Dec. 2 on CBS' "Face the Nation," probably won't step down until after all the budget issues that remain in the wake of the "fiscal cliff" deal are resolved. (Associated Press)
President Obama (right) walks with Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner toward the Oval Office at the White House in Washington as he returns from speaking about the "fiscal cliff" at the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers, on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Obama, flanked by Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, National Governors Association (NGA) Chairman, and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, NGA Vice Chair, meets Dec. 4, 2012, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington with the NGA executive committee regarding the fiscal cliff. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is at right. (Associated Press)
President Barack Obama, flanked by National Governors Association (NGA) Chairman, Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, and NGA Vice Chair, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, meets with the NGA executive committee regarding the fiscal cliff, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is at right. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Obama, flanked by Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, National Governors Association (NGA) Chairman, and Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, NGA Vice Chair, meets Dec. 4, 2012, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington with the NGA executive committee regarding the fiscal cliff. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is at right. (Associated Press)
House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republlican, talks to reporters after private discussions with Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner on the "fiscal cliff" negotiations at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republlican, talks to reporters after private discussions with Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner on the "fiscal cliff" negotiations at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
