U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY CARLOS GUTIERREZ

U.S. Sec. of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez makes a point while speaking at the Olin School of Business on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis on March 24, 2005. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)

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