This undated handout photo courtesy of Google and received on November 19, 2008 shows Sonal Shah. Barack Obama's transition team dropped broad hints November 19 about who will fill a raft of top posts in his administration, naming teams of aides to develop policies in key areas. Sonal Shah, head of the philanthropic arm of Internet giant Google, was named as part of a three-person team to coordinate technology, innovation and government reform during the transition. She will serve alongside telecommunications and media strategist Blair Levin and Julius Genachowski, a former chief counsel to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Getty Images logo Getty Images 14 months ago

This undated handout photo courtesy of Google and received on November 19, 2008 shows Sonal Shah. Barack Obama's transition team dropped broad hints November 19 about who will fill a raft of top posts in his administration, naming teams of aides to develop policies in key areas. Sonal Shah, head of the philanthropic arm of Internet giant Google, was named as part of a three-person team to coordinate technology, innovation and government reform during the transition. She will serve alongside telecommunications and media strategist Blair Levin and Julius Genachowski, a former chief counsel to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

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  7. House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, second from left, listens to President Barack Obama, right, during a meeting of House and Senate bipartisan leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington. From left are, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., Boehner, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. and the president.
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