Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, center, talks to officials for various housing programs in Anchorage during a round table discussion in Anchorage, Alaska Tuesday Aug. 11, 2009 about the problems of homelessness and low income housing opportunities. U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, second right, Colleen Bickford with HUD, right, Carol Gore with Cook Inlet Housing Authority, second, left, and Dan Fauske, Chair for the Alaska Council on Homelessness, left, listen. Sec. Dovovan is in Alaska as part of President Obama's rural tour where cabinet secretaries and administration office tour the country discussing how communities, state, and the federal government can work together on low income housing issues. (AP Photo/Al Grillo. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, center, talks to officials for various housing programs in Anchorage during a round table discussion in Anchorage, Alaska Tuesday Aug. 11, 2009 about the problems of homelessness and low income housing opportunities. U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, second right, Colleen Bickford with HUD, right, Carol Gore with Cook Inlet Housing Authority, second, left, and Dan Fauske, Chair for the Alaska Council on Homelessness, left, listen. Sec. Dovovan is in Alaska as part of President Obama's rural tour where cabinet secretaries and administration office tour the country discussing how communities, state, and the federal government can work together on low income housing issues. (AP Photo/Al Grillo.

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  14. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., second left, with Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Tom Harkin, D-Iowa., Mark Begich, D-Alaska, attend a news conference about the Democratic health care bill on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, in Washington.

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