From left, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, take part in the E.U.-U.S. Energy Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at the State Department in Washington. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

From left, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, take part in the E.U.-U.S. Energy Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at the State Department in Washington.

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  2. (L-R) Ousted President Manuel Zelaya's delegate, Mayra Mejia, US ambassador in Honduras, Hugo Llorens, US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Thomas Shannon, senior adviser on Latin America, Dan Restrepo, US State Department representative, Craig Kelly, de facto Honduran President Roberto Micheletti's delegates, Armando Aguilar and Vilma Morales, meet in a new push to end the crisis set off four months ago in Tegucigalpa, on October 29, 2009.
  3. US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon (L) waits as US ambassador to Honduras, Hugo Llorens, speaks during a press conference at the US embassy in Tegucigalpa, on October 29, 2009. Shannon along with senior adviser on Latin America, Dan Restrepo and representative of the US State Department Craig Kelly visit Honduras in a new push to end the crisis set off by the ouster of President Zelaya exactly four months ago.
  4. US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon (L), senior adviser on Latin America, Dan Restrepo (C) and US ambassador in Honduras Hugo Llorens (R) leave the Brazilian Embassy after a meeting with deposed president Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa, on October 28, 2009. Shannon, Restrepo and representatives of the US State Department Craig Kelly are visiting Honduras in a new push to end the crisis set off by the ouster of Zelaya exactly four months ago.
  5. US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon (L), senior adviser on Latin America, Dan Restrepo (C) and US ambassador in Honduras Hugo Llorens (R) leave the Brasilian Embassy after a meeting with deposed president Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa, on October 28, 2009. Shannon along with senior adviser on Latin America, Dan Restrepo and representative of the US State Department Craig Kelly visit Honduras in a new push to end the crisis set off by the ouster of President Zelaya exactly four months ago.
  6. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton(R) and President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal shake hands after the signing of a $540 Million (USD) proverty reduction grant agreement between the US Government's Millennium Challenge Corporation(MCC) and the Republic of Senegal at the US State Department September 16, 2009, in Washington, D.C.
  7. Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Bildt (L) and US Deputy Secretary of State, James Steinberg (R) address journalists during a press conference at the EUFOR Headquarters in Butmir, near Sarajevo, on October 21, 2009. Steinberg and Bildt attended meeting with leaders of all major political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina and presented EU and US newest strategy for Bosnia's nearing to European and NATO integrations.
  8. Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Bildt, left, and US Deputy Secretary of State, James Steinberg,right, address journalists during press conference at main gate of EUFOR Headquarters in Butmir, near Sarajevo on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. Steinberg and Bildt attended a meeting with leaders of all major political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina and presented EU and US newest strategy for Bosnia's nearing to European and NATO integrations.
  9. Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Bildt, left,and US Deputy Secretary of State, James Steinberg, right, address journalists during press conference at main gate of EUFOR Headquarters in Butmir, near Sarajevo on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. Steinberg and Bildt attended a meeting with leaders of all major political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina and presented EU and US newest strategy for Bosnia's nearing to European and NATO integrations.
  10. EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Olli Rehn (L), Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Bildt (C) and US Deputy Secretary of State, James Steinberg (R) addresses journalists during a press conference at EUFOR Headquarters in Butmir, near Sarajevo on October 9, 2009. Rehn, Steinberg and Bildt attended a meeting with leaders of all major political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina and presented the EU and US's newest strategy for Bosnia approaching European and NATO integration. A new meeting is scheduled for October 20.
  11. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, center, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, right, and European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn leave a press conference after a meeting with Bosnian leaders at the NATO headquarters, in Base Camp Butmir, near Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, on Friday, Oct. 9, 2009. Rehn, Steinberg and Bildt attended a meeting with leaders of all major political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina and presented EU and US newest strategy for Bosnia's nearing to European and NATO integrations. New meeting is scheduled for 20 October.
  12. Visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, right, shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada prior to their talk at Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Steinberg is on a two-day visit to Tokyo as a part of his Asian tour.
  13. U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu (C) listens to students Allison Kopf (L), Annessa Mattson (2ndL) and Tim Sennott (R) describe Team California's solar-powered house during the 2009 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon on the National Mall in Washington October 7, 2009.
  14. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, right, and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke leave the stage after a clean energy and climate change discussion with business leaders, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across from the White House in Washington.
  15. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, right, and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke answer questions at a clean energy and climate change discussion with business leaders, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across from the White House in Washington.
  16. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 22: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (L) and Energy Secretary Steven Chu (R) participate in a roundtable discussion with executives at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Room on September 22, 2009 in Washington, DC. Secretary Geithner hosted the discussion with executives of several renewable energy companies that received awards under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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