General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner (C) talks about cost cutting restructuring as COO Fritz Henderson (L) and Vice Chairman Bob Lutz listen during a news conference at GM Headquarters in Detroit, in this file image from Michigan July 15, 2008. Wagoner resigned under pressure from the Obama administration on March 29, 2009 as the government prepared to announce a second bailout for the company and its smaller rival Chrysler LLC. Henderson is the number two executive at the automaker and widely considered to the leading internal candidate as Wagoner's successor. Reuters Pictures 8 months ago

General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner (C) talks about cost cutting restructuring as COO Fritz Henderson (L) and Vice Chairman Bob Lutz listen during a news conference at GM Headquarters in Detroit, in this file image from Michigan July 15, 2008. Wagoner resigned under pressure from the Obama administration on March 29, 2009 as the government prepared to announce a second bailout for the company and its smaller rival Chrysler LLC. Henderson is the number two executive at the automaker and widely considered to the leading internal candidate as Wagoner's successor.

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