U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks on the American automotive industry and the bankruptcy of GM as he stands with his automotive task force in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, June 1, 2009. General Motors Corp filed for bankruptcy on Monday, forcing the 100-year-old automaker once seen as a symbol of American economic might and dynamism into a new and uncertain era of government ownership. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 36 months ago

U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks on the American automotive industry and the bankruptcy of GM as he stands with his automotive task force in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, June 1, 2009. General Motors Corp filed for bankruptcy on Monday, forcing the 100-year-old automaker once seen as a symbol of American economic might and dynamism into a new and uncertain era of government ownership.

More Photos of

Explore Photos of Related Topics

Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. SAN FRANCISCO, CA - APRIL 26: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was created using the iPhone 4s with Instagram 'LoFi' filter) The Golden Gate Bridge is seen through the windshield of a car on April 26, 2012 in San Francisco, California. The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District is preparing for the 75th anniversary of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge that will be marked with a festival on May 26 - 27 that will feature music, displays of bridge artifacts and art exhibits. The 1.7 mile steel suspension bridge, one of the modern Wonders of the World, opened to traffic on May 27, 1937.
  2. Sheikh Omar Bakri (C), a Lebanese Sunni cleric and Islamist preacher, attends Friday prayers with relatives of Islamists held in Lebanese jails, as they block a street during a protest in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, May 25, 2012. The protesters demanded the release of their imprisoned relatives, improvement of prison conditions and expressed solidarity with Syria's anti-government protesters.
  3. Rajat Gupta (C), a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Procter & Gamble board member, arrives at the Manhattan Federal Court in New York, May 25, 2012.
  4. Red poppy blossoms on a meadow in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on May 25, 2012. Meteorologists forecast sunny weather with temperatures around 25 degrees for the coming days.
  5. Egyptians perform the Friday noon prayer at the Al-Fatah mosque in Cairo on May 25, 2012. Egyptians reacted nervously to the first results of their presidential vote, some celebrating the successful election, and others horrified by the strength of Muslim Brotherhood and ex-regime candidates.
  6. Formula One commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone speaks on the phone during the Monaco F1 Grand Prix May 25, 2012.
  7. Formula One chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe (L) looks on next to Formula One commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone during the Monaco F1 Grand Prix May 25, 2012.
  8. A couple of monkeys quenches their thirst as another takes a dip on a hot summer afternoon on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Friday, May 25, 2012.
  9. A man enjoys the sun near the tarmac of the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin on May 25, 2012. Meteorologists forecast sunny weather with temperatures around 25 degrees for the coming days.
  10. Qatar's Nasser Alattiyah and his Italian co-driver Giovanni Bernacchini drive their Citroen DS3 WRC during the Thiva special stage of the WRC Acropolis rally in Thiva on May 25, 2012.
  11. Japanese climber Tamae Watanabe shows a letter presented to her during a press conference organized by the Asian Trekking to felicitate her in Katmandu, Friday, May 25, 2012. Watanabe, 73, has made history by becoming the oldest woman to scale the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, bettering a record, she herself set a decade ago.
  12. An employee of Jammu and Kashmir state government shouts anti -government slogans while being detained during a protest outside the civil secretariat in Srinagar, India, Friday, May 25, 2012. Police detained dozens of government employees during a protest demanding regularization of their jobs and a hike in pay.
  13. Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), gives a press conference on May 25, 2012, at the end of a UN climate conference in Bonn, western Germany. Delegates from all over the world came together to prepare the United Nations Climate Change Conference to take place at the end of the year in Doha, Katar.
  14. Director Bernard-Henry Levy, left, and an unidentified person wearing a Syrian flag pose during a photo call for The Oath of Tobruk at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 25, 2012.
  15. Director Bernard-Henry Levy poses during a photo call for The Oath of Tobruk at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 25, 2012.
  16. COMBO - This combination of three photos shows Egyptian presidential candidates, from left, Ahmed Shafiq, Hamdeen Sabahi and Mohammed Morsi. The candidate of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won a spot in a runoff election, according to partial results Friday, May 25, 2012 from Egypt's first genuinely competitive presidential election. A former prime minister and a leftist were in a tight race for second place and a chance to run against him to become the country's next leader.