Barack Obama

President Barack Obama (left) talks with Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, during a meeting at the White House on September 7, 2011. In the background are, from left: National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Mike Froman, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs; Caroline Atkinson, Special Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs; and Nemat Shafik, Deputy Managing Director of the IMF. (White House Photo by Pete Souza)