Vice President Joe Biden, left, clasps hands with President Barack Obama after he signed several executive orders during a meeting with their senior staff to assert expectations on ethics and conduct, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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