Outgoing Chief of Staff William Daley during a meeting with Obama’s jobs council on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, DC — JANUARY 17: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with his Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, a group of business leaders tapped to come up with job-spurring ideas, with White House Chief of Staff William Daley in the State Dining Room at the White House January 17, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)