U.S. President <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Barack+Obama&family=editorial&specificpeople=203260 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Barack Obama</a> pauses as he speaks during his final news conference of his first term at the East Room of the White House January 14, 2013 in Washington, DC. Obama spoke on the debt ceiling and deficit reduction during the news conference.