politico.com - 12/6/2008
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Divisions remain over how to finance any aid package. See also: Big Three still big donors
boston.com - 12/8/2008
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boston.com —
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama said yesterday that
top executives at the nation's three automakers should be...
replaced if they don't use pending government loans to make major changes - including taking immediate steps to produce ...
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Obama cautions auto industry
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