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Before he spoke to the Senate banking committee, Chrysler Chairman Robert Nardelli spoke to reporters.
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Since their first failed attempt to receive federal assistance, the Big Three executives had all agreed to work for a dollar a year and abandoned their air fleets to make the 520-mile trip to Washington by car. Yet even that was not enough.
Automakers Ask for Federal Aid | VIDEO
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The Post's Dana Milbank sketches highlights of the 2008 presidential race. Find more election-related video here.
Obama's likely to get more friction than he expects, but nobody can say that he walked into this one blind, writes David Ignatius. Post opinion writers weigh in.
Barack Obama will make his first trip to Washington as president-elect at the invitation of President Bush. Obama has begun to create his new administration. Jim Axelrod has more.
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