Obama speaks to Business Roundtable in Washington
General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner listens as U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to members of the Business Roundtable at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington on March 12, 2009. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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