US Transportation secretary Ray Lahood (L) sits in a tramway, on May 26, 2009, in Strasbourg, eastern France, during a visit to inspect France high speed rail network. LaHood, who is also due to visit Spain and Germany, began his fact-finding tour in Paris, hub of the TGV network, which has carried passengers around France at speeds of up to 320 kilometres (200 miles) per hour since 1981. US President Barack Obama's administration has set aside 13 billion dollars (9.4 billion euros) in order to start work on the United States' first fast railways, decades after Europe and Japan began to develop theirs. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

US Transportation secretary Ray Lahood (L) sits in a tramway, on May 26, 2009, in Strasbourg, eastern France, during a visit to inspect France high speed rail network. LaHood, who is also due to visit Spain and Germany, began his fact-finding tour in Paris, hub of the TGV network, which has carried passengers around France at speeds of up to 320 kilometres (200 miles) per hour since 1981. US President Barack Obama's administration has set aside 13 billion dollars (9.4 billion euros) in order to start work on the United States' first fast railways, decades after Europe and Japan began to develop theirs.

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  1. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke (R) speaks to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood at the opening session of the Jobs and Economic Growth Forum at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, December 3, 2009.
  2. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 04: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifies during a joint hearing before the Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee and Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill November 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the distraction related to operating telecommunication devices while driving.
  3. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (L) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski (R) testify about legislation to curb the behavior of drivers distracted by mobile phone calls, texts and e-mail, during a hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill on October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. LaHood reportedly will also include distracted flying in the initiative.
  4. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: (L-R) Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson listen to opening statements during a hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony from the Obama Administration cabinet members about the 'Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act,' which is sponsored by the committee's chair, Sen. Barabara Boxer (D-CA) and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA).
  5. FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA - OCTOBER 14: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on the economic benefits of the Recovery Act after a tour of the Fairfax County Parkway Extension project as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (L) looks on October 14, 2009 in Fairfax County, Virginia. The Fairfax County Parkway Extension project is the largest Recovery Act project in Virginia.
  6. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson (R) and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood hold a press briefing to announce new fuel economy standards at the White House September 15, 2009 in Washington, DC. According to the Department of Transportation, the program would require the overall light-duty vehicle fleet to reach 35.5 miles per gallon in model year 2016.

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  1. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke (R) speaks to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood at the opening session of the Jobs and Economic Growth Forum at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, December 3, 2009.
  2. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, left, talks Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner before the start of President Obama's jobs summit, officially known as the Jobs and Economic Growth Forum, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington.
  3. President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Seated at the table are Secretary of Sate Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, behind Obama, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, second from right, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
  4. President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. At left is Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, right.
  5. Defense Secretary Roberty Gates, third from left, watches as President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Also seated at the table are Secretary of Sate Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, second from right, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, right.
  6. In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, Visiting U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, right, shakes hands with Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin during their meeting on the sidelines of the conference on road safety in Moscow. A first meeting of the world's transport ministers on road safety is to begin Thursday in Moscow. A group of road safety advocates urging world leaders to treat road accidents as though they were a killer disease.
  7. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 04: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifies during a joint hearing before the Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee and Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill November 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the distraction related to operating telecommunication devices while driving.
  8. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 04: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood testifies during a joint hearing before the Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee and Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill November 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing focused on the distraction related to operating telecommunication devices while driving.
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  10. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  11. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  12. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  13. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  14. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  15. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Kathrina Norris (L) and Matt Cross (R) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  16. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.

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