President Barack Obama hosts a summit meeting, with, on the far side of the table from left, Liz Sherwood-Randall of the National Security Council, Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economic Affairs Mike Froman, National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, on the near side of the table from left, Franciskus baron van Daele, Ambassador Vale de Almeida, European foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, and European Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)