WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 03: Georgetown University President John DeGioia attends a ceremony at which an honorary degree was bestowed on AFL-CIO President John Sweeney September 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sweeney will step down as president during the AFL-CIO convention later this month. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 months ago

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 03: Georgetown University President John DeGioia attends a ceremony at which an honorary degree was bestowed on AFL-CIO President John Sweeney September 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sweeney will step down as president during the AFL-CIO convention later this month.

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  1. Dr. Keith Melancon, right, Georgetown's kidney transplant director, puts on a hat from one of his patients, kidney transplant recipient Stuart Bloch, during a news conference at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. At left is kidney transplant recipient Robert Horton.

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  1. Kidney transplant recipient Roxanne Boyd Williams, second from left, holds her twins Jordan, wearing denim shirt, and Ethan Williams, and recipient Irene Otten, right, and donor Tom Otten, center, during a news conference at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. The donors are part of a record-setting marathon 13-way kidney swap, a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too often never qualify. Williams received Tom Otten's kidney, while Tom's wife Irene Otten received a kidney from another donor Kelvina Hudgens.
  2. Kidney transplant recipient Solomon Weldeghebriel, second from left, with kidney donor Bill Singleton, right, holds his children Mahor, 5, left, and daughter Simona Weldeghebriel, 3, during a news conference at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. Weldeghebriel and Singleton are part of a record-setting marathon 13-way kidney swap, a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too often never qualify.
  3. Dr. Keith Melancon, right, Georgetown's kidney transplant director, puts on a hat from one of his patients, kidney transplant recipient Stuart Bloch, during a news conference at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. At left is kidney transplant recipient Robert Horton.
  4. Kidney transplant recipient Cecil Jerome Deas, left, and kidney donor Leslie Wolfe, talk during a news conference at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. Deas and Wolfe, are part of a record-setting marathon 13-way kidney swap, a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too often never qualify. Wolfe donated her kidney to Renee Patterson while Deas recived a kidney from an unanimous donor.
  5. Kidney transplant recipient Stuart Bloch, right, hugs Steve Robbs, his kidney donor, during a news conference at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. Bloch and Robbs are part of a record-setting marathon 13-way kidney swap, a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too often never qualify. Bloch named his new kidney, "Sidney the kidney."
  6. Living kidney donors Bill Singleton, from left, Lucien Boyd, Sylvia Glaser, Kelvina Hudgens, Pamela Hull and Tom Otten, attend a news conference at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. The donors are part of a record-setting marathon 13-way kidney swap, a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too often never qualify.
  7. US President Barack Obama (L) talks about Jeff Immelt (R), Chairman & CEO, General Electric (GE), during meetings with the President�s Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB) in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 2, 2009. Seated alongside Obama are: John Doerr (2nd L), partner at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers and Richard L. Trumka (2nd R), president, AFL-CIO.
  8. US President Barack Obama (L) speaks during meetings with the President�s Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB) in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 2, 2009. Seated alongside Obama are: (L-R) John Doerr, partner at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers; Richard L. Trumka, president, AFL-CIO; and Jeff Immelt, Chairman & CEO, General Electric (GE).
  9. President Barack Obama meets with the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB), Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, Chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board Paul Volcker, the president, Venture Capitalist John Doerr, AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka, and GE Chief Executive Officer Jeff Immelt.
  10. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 29: Richard Trumka, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), speaks during a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill October 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee called Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner, Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and others before it to testify about plans for regulatory reform.
  11. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 29: Richard Trumka, President of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), speaks during a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill October 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee called Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner, Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and others before it to testify about plans for regulatory reform.
  12. AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka speaks Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 as thousands of people gather to rally at an American Bankers Association conference at a downtown Chicago hotel to demand that banks stop lobbying against financial reforms.

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