US-WASHINGTON-OBAMA-PRESS CONFERENCE

(130114) — WASHINGTON D.C., Jan. 14, 2013 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Barack Obama holds a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, Jan. 14, 2013. The United States is making progress in enhancing its fiscal sustainability in the past years as a result of government spending cuts and more government revenue, Obama said here on Monday. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)