economy. >> but the 9.5% unemployment. >> yes. >> people in your administration, as early as last november and december, were saying we're in the beginning of a recovery -- >> yes. >> -- and unemployment is always a lagging indicator. it will begin to go down. and here we are eight months later -- >> yes. the fact is that it went down from 10.2 to 9.5. but the important thing is the direction. we went from losing 750,000 jobs the month the president took office to six months of private sector job gain. do we feel like we need to do more? yes. and every single day, we're working on things to increase exports, to support innovation. we want to pass additional tax relief for small businesses and additional lending capacity for small businesses. but there is no doubt that we're in a better position now than we were 18 months ago and that we're moving in the right direction. >> let me read you something