SEATTLE, JULY 19—Virginia Gov. Mark Warner addresses the media after becoming NGA's new chairman. NGA's new vice chairman Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee looks on.

SEATTLE, JULY 19—Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge met with governors today. Sec. Ridge led a bioetrrorism tabletop exercise. NGA Vice Chairman Virginia Gov. Mark Warner (l) and NGA Chairman Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne look on.

SEATTLE, JULY 19—Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge addressed the nation's governors today. He conducted a tabletop exercise on how states and the country would respond to a bioterror attack.

SEATTLE, JULY 19—Washington Gov. Gary Locke, host of this year's NGA Annual Meeting, greets members of Seattle's caregiving community who participated in Monday's town hall meeting.

SEATTLE, JULY 19—Incoming NGA Chairman Virginia Gov. Mark Warner interacts with members the Seattle caregiving community at Monday's town hall meeting, which took place during the 2004 NGA Annual Meeting.

SEATTLE, JULY 19—South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds shakes hands with host Enrique Cerna just before the start of Monday's town hall meeting, where several governors joined members of the Seattle caregiving community.

SEATTLE, JULY 19—Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco chats with a local caregiver from Seattle during Monday's town hall meeting.

SEATTLE, JULY 19—Outgoing NGA Chairman Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne listens while a participant shares his personal story at Monday's town hall meeting with members of the Seattle caregiving community. This event culminated Gov. Kempthorne's year-long inititive on long-term care and aging.

SEATTLE, JULY 18—Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses NGA's Health and Human Services Committee on Sunday.

SEATTLE, JULY 18—As NGA Health and Human Services Committee chair and vice chair, North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven and Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm confer on this business of the committee before Sunday's session gets underway.

SEATTLE, JULY 18—Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco speaks to fellow governors at Sunday's meeting of NGA's Health and Human Services Committee.

SEATTLE, JULY 18—Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses NGA's Health and Human Services Committee on Sunday.

SEATTLE, JULY 18—Colorado Gov. Bill Owens, vice chair of NGA's Natural Resources Committee, listens intently during the committee's meeting on Sunday afternoon.

SEATTLE, JULY 18—NGA Natural Resources Committee Chair West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise presides over Sunday's committee session.

SEATTLE, JULY 18—Ohio Gov. Bob Taft makes a point as Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee listens.

SEATTLE, JULY 18—Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack reacts to a panelist during the committee session.

SEATTLE, JULY 18—Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas listens to panelists share examples and best practices from innovative high schools across the country.

SEATTLE, JULY 18—Committee Vice Chair South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds listens to a committee member.

SEATTLE, JULY 18—Committee Chair Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry listens to a panelist share examples of experiences and best practices from state economic development initiatives and programs.

SEATTLE, JULY 18—Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee listens to remarks at NGA's opening plenary session.

SEATTLE, SEATTLE, JULY 18—Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee discusses his "Healthy Arkansas" initiative at NGA's opening plenary session. Ohio Gov. Bob Taft (l) and Maine Gov. John Baldacci listen.

SEATTLE, Jul. 18—Eric Dishman, principal investigator and manager of Intel Proactive Health Research, demonstrates the prototype of a cane that can detect when its older user gets unsteady and transmit that data to a caregiver. This demonstration was part of his presentation on how technology can transform homes into health care delivery systems and how current technology can enable aging baby-boomers to meet their own health care needs.

SEATTLE, Jul. 18—Washington Gov. Gary Locke welcomes his fellow governors to Seattle as Wyoming Gov. David Freudenthal studies the program.

SEATTLE, Jul. 18—NGA Chairman Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne calls to order the 96th Annual Meeting of the National Governors Association in Seattle.

SEATTLE, Jul. 17—With the Seattle skyline in the background and host Washington Gov. Gary Locke (left) and NGA Vice Chairman Virginia Gov. Mark Warner (right) looking on, NGA Chairman Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne addresses the media during the opening press conference of the 96th NGA Annual Meeting.

SEATTLE, Jul. 17—Govs. Kempthorne, Warner, and Locke.