Biden Chairs Recovery Act Implementation Cabinet Meeting

WASHINGTON - APRIL 29: Vice President Joe Biden (C) leads a Recovery Act implementation cabinet meeting with (L-R) Energy Secretary Stephen Chu, Director for Implementation of the Recovery Act and Assistant to the Vice President Ed DeSeve, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki and other Obama Administration department heads and officials in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next door to the White House April 29, 2010 in Washington, DC. Biden announced new Recovery Act awards at the beginning of the meeting. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)