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Auto show delivers timely showcase for President Obama

Associations, manufacturers and dealers court Washington, D.C., policy makers with displays of new vehicles and technologies The timing couldn’t have been better: A week after President Barack Obama declared “the American auto industry is back” in his State of the Union address, he was at the Washington Auto Show extolling new cars, new technologies and new jobs. Photo: 2012 Washington Auto Show by Joe McCary Photo Response President Obama takes the wheel of a Chevrolet Silverado at the Washington Auto Show. With Obama, from left: General Motors VP of Global Design Ed Welburn and Washington Area New Auto Dealers Association President Gerard Murphy. The… Read More