"This is a vast improvement over what was in place before when there were no subsidies at all, " says Jason Furman, deputy assistant to President Obama for economic policy.

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The Asian-American strategy involved Huang and the Democratic National Committee, the Clinton-Gore campaign and Doris Matsui, a deputy assistant to President Clinton and the wife of Rep. Robert Matsui, D-California.

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Also participating at the White House will be Chief of Staff Jack Lew, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security John Brennan, Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa Mastromonaco, Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security Richard Reed, and other senior members of the President's team.

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