U.S. President-elect Obama meets with American Workers in Bedford Heights, Ohio

U.S. President Elect Barack Obama (R) talks with workers during a tour of Cardinal Fastener & Specialty Company, Inc., in Bedford Heights, Ohio on January 16, 2009. Obama met with workers at the plant, which manufactures parts used to construct wind turbines, and spoke about an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, which aims to create nearly half a million American jobs by investing in clean energy. (UPI Photo/David Maxwell/Pool)