
**FILE** President Obama stands with educators and students as he speaks Sept. 23, 2011, at the White House about No Child Left Behind Reform. Also seen are Education Secretary Arne Duncan (left), Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (second from right) and Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee (right). (Associated Press)

White House press secretary Jay Carney says President Obama’s changes will “accelerate job placement by moving more Americans from welfare to work as quickly as possible.” (Associated Press)

** FILE ** President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House press secretary Jay Carney says President Obama’s changes will “accelerate job placement by moving more Americans from welfare to work as quickly as possible.” (Associated Press)

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack talks about the drought during the press briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack talks about the drought during the press briefing at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

** FILE ** Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (left), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, thanks former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, formerly one of Mr. Romney's rivals in the White House race, for his endorsement during a news conference in North Charleston, S.C., on Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio exits after announcing July 17, 2012, in Phoenix that President Obama's birth certificate, as presented by the White House in April 2011, is a forgery based on an investigation by the Sheriff's office. (Associated Press)

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio exits after announcing July 17, 2012, in Phoenix that President Obama's birth certificate, as presented by the White House in April 2011, is a forgery based on an investigation by the Sheriff's office. (Associated Press)