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GM's Richard Wagoner, UAW's Ron Gettelfinger, Ford's Alan Mulally and Chrysler's Robert Nardelli (L to R) testify before the Senate Banking Housing and Urban Affairs committee about the state of the US automobile manufacturing industry on Capitol Hill in Washington on December 4, 2008. Chrysler, GM and Ford are asking Congress for billions of dollars to help the industry weather the current economic crises. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg) | Slideshow
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The heads of America's Big Three automakers -- General Motors, Ford and Chrysler -- descended on Washington Thursday in a convoy of hybrid and flex-fuel vehicles seeking $34 billion in loans to save the floundering U.S. auto industry. They look certain to get the bailout, but U.S. public opinion, even in the Midwest heartland where the industry is based, remains surprisingly lukewarm, even hostile.
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