Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, right, walks through a neighborhood in Anchorage, Alaska Tuesday Aug. 11, 2009 with Carol Gore with Cook Inlet Housing Authority, center, and U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, right. 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 logo AP Photo 3 months ago

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, right, walks through a neighborhood in Anchorage, Alaska Tuesday Aug. 11, 2009 with Carol Gore with Cook Inlet Housing Authority, center, and U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, right. 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.

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  2. (Back row) FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz (L) as speaks as Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (2nd L), US Attorney General Eric Holder (2nd R) and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan (R) look on following a meeting on coordinated federal and state actions to combat fraud against consumers in the housing markets September 17, 2009 at the Treasury Department in Washington, DC.
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  8. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former U.S. vice president Al Gore, addresses the European Parliament in Brussels December 3, 2009. Pachauri took part, together with Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, in a hearing on global warning and food policy launching a campaign called " Less Meat = Less Heat".
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  10. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former U.S. vice president Al Gore, addresses the European Parliament in Brussels December 3, 2009. Pachauri took part, together with Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, in a hearing on global warning and food policy launching a campaign called " Less Meat = Less Heat".
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  12. (LtoR) Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former U.S. vice president Al Gore, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek, Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and EP Vice President Edward McMillan-Scott pose for a family photo at the European Parliament in Brussels December 3, 2009. McCartney and Pachauri took part in a hearing on global warning and food policy launching a campaign called " Less Meat = Less Heat".
  13. Sens. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., left, Al Franken, D-Minn., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Mark Begich, D-Alaska, Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., are all smiles during a news conference on health care legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.
  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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