WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 3: (AFP OUT) The motorcade that will take U.S. President Barack Obama to Fire Station #5 in Arlington, Virginia is staged in front of the South Portico of the White House February 3, 2012 in Washington, DC. Obama touted the news released this morning of the unemployment rate of 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years. (Photo by Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images)