Obama's Cabinet Picks

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) speaks to a speaker phone while meeting with financial services industry leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington December 14, 2009. Obama opened a meeting with top bankers at the White House on Monday that was aimed at persuading them to help lift the country out of the U.S. economic crisis. From L-R: American Express Chief Executive Kenneth Chenault, State Street Chief Executive Ronald Logue, Bank of NY Chief Executive Robert Kelly, White House Council of Economic Advisers Christina Romer, JP Morgan Chief Executive Jamie Dimon, PNC Financial Services Group Chief Executive Jim Rohr, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Obama. REUTERS/Larry Downing