U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood (L) looks on as U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks on the American automotive industry in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, June 1, 2009. General Motors Corp filed for bankruptcy on Monday, forcing the 100-year-old automaker once seen as a symbol of American economic might and dynamism into a new and uncertain era of government ownership. Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood (L) looks on as U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks on the American automotive industry in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, June 1, 2009. General Motors Corp filed for bankruptcy on Monday, forcing the 100-year-old automaker once seen as a symbol of American economic might and dynamism into a new and uncertain era of government ownership.

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, left, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, before a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on combating distracted driving. At right is Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski.
  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. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (L) greets U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)(2nd L), House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH)(2nd R) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after a meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009.
  8. L-R: House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-OH, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-MD, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, and Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain walk on a path on the North Lawn of the White House following a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  9. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, speaks to reporters as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, looks on in front of the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama Tuesday sat down with senior lawmakers driving a raging debate on US Afghan strategy, as he works towards a decision on whether to send thousands more troops to war. Democratic and Republican leaders plus top members of key congressional committees met the president at the White House touting sharply conflicting visions of the next steps in the unpopular eight-year US military operation. Obama is methodically working through an internal policy review after US commander General Stanley McChrystal warned the war could be lost within a year without more troops, and reportedly asked for 40,000 more men.
  10. House Minority Leader John Boehner (C), R-OH, chats with Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain (L), R-AZ, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, near the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama Tuesday sat down with senior lawmakers driving a raging debate on US Afghan strategy, as he works towards a decision on whether to send thousands more troops to war. Democratic and Republican leaders plus top members of key congressional committees met the president at the White House touting sharply conflicting visions of the next steps in the unpopular eight-year US military operation. Obama is methodically working through an internal policy review after US commander General Stanley McChrystal warned the war could be lost within a year without more troops, and reportedly asked for 40,000 more men.
  11. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (L) walk away from reporters after talking outside the White House following a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama along with other members of Congress October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama met with Congressional leadership and the chairs and ranking members of the relevant committees to discuss planning for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  12. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speak about their meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009.
  13. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.

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