President Barack Obama speaks to media in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, before a meeting with mayors and newly-elected mayors from across the country to discuss job creation and ensuring middle class families have a pathway to opportunity.
Across the President, from left are, Minneapolis Mayor-elect Betsy Hodges, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, Boston Mayor-elect Martin Walsh, Pittsburgh Mayor-elect William Peduto, Rochester, N.Y., Mayor-elect Lovely Warren, Detroit Mayor-elect Mike Duggan, Jersey City, N.J., Mayor Steven Fulop, Harrisburg, Pa., Mayor-elect Eric Papenfuse. Flanking President Obama are Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, right, and Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)