NASCAR PROMOTES DIVERSITY
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Al., House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., Mike Helton, president and CEO of NASCAR, Rep. Mevlin Watt, D-N.C., (L TO R) participate in a news conference recognizing NASCAR for its efforts to promote diversity and creat job opportunities for African Americans in a partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities near Capitol Hill in Washington on February 8, 2006. (UPI Photo/Roger L.Wollenberg)
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