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**FILE** Gina McCarthy stands on stage in the East Room of the White House in Washington on March 4, 2013, as President Obama announced he would nominate McCarthy to head the EPA. (Associated Press)

** FILE ** President Obama shakes hands with then-Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough in the East Room of the White House in Washington, where on Jan. 25, 2013, he announced he will name Mr. McDonough as his next chief of staff. (Associated Press)

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White House spokesman Jay Carney speaks March 12, 2013, during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** President Obama is seen during his meeting with Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 12, 2013. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Jan. 24, 2013, file photo, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head Richard Cordray listens at left as President Barack Obama announces in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington that he will renominate Cordray to lead the bureau, a role that he has held for the last year under a recess appointment. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)