WASHINGTON, Feb. 26—Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee listens to HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson at an NGA welfare reform roundtable on Capitol Hill.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—NGA Chairman Michigan Gov. John Engler takes questions from the media during Mondays stakeout at the White House. Standing with Gov. Engler from left to right are Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift, Colorado Gov. Bill owens, West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise, Connecticut Gov, John G. Rowland, and NGA Vice Chairman Kentucky Gov. Paul E. Patton.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—NGA Chairman Michigan Gov. John Engler speaks to President George W. Bush and NGA Vice Chairman Kentucky Gov. Paul E. Patton during Mondays meeting with the President and Cabinet Members.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise adresses the panel duirng Monday's special session on The Challenge of Bioterrorism.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—NGA Vice Chairman Kentucky Gov. Paul E. Patton (center), Missouri Gov. Bob Holden(left) and Alabama Gov. Siegelman (right) answer questions about Medicaid reform during Monday's press conference.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—Virginia Gov. Mark Warner listens as Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove(left) makes a point during the Forum on State Leadership in the Global Economy.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee NGA's lead governor on welfare reform, NGA Vice Chair Kentucky Gov. Paul E. Patton, Indiana Gov. Frank O'Bannon, NGA Chairman Michigan Gov. John Engler, Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland, and Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist, chair of NGA's Human Resources Committee, discuss the need for Medicaid and welfare reform at a press conference.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven, chair of NGA's Natural Resources Committee.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—Tennessee Gov. Don Sundquist, chair of NGA Human Resources Committe, Director of the federal Office of Public Health Preparedness Donald A. Henderson, and Missouri Gov. Bob Holden listen to Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge during the Human Resources Committee meeting.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift and Montana Gov. Judy Martz at the governors-only session.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—(From left to right) Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Maryland Gov. Parris N. Glendening, Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns, Nevada Gov. Kenny C. Guinn, Arizona Gov. Jane Dee Hull discuss Medicaid and welfare reform during the governors-only session.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—NGA Chairman Michigan Gov. John Engler addresses the opening plenary session.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—Virgin Islands Gov. Charles W. Turnbull and Maine Gov. Angus S. King Jr., right, listen to the panel discussion at NGA's Federalism Symposium.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—NGA Federalism Symposium, which featured a panel of governors and scholars and was facilitated by syndicated columnist and correspondent George F. Will, was well attended.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—Iowa Gov. Thomas J. Vilsack and Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Juan N. Babauta, right, listen to the panel discussion at NGA's Federalism Symposium.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—NGA Vice Chairman Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton, left, syndicated columnist and correspondent George F. Will, and NGA Chairman Michigan Gov. John Engler at NGA's Federalism Symposium.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee discusses the relationship between the federal government and the states at NGA's Federalism Symposium. The symposium featured a panel of governors, scholars, and was facilitated by Pulitzer Prize winning syndicated columnist and correspondent George F. Will.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—NGA Vice Chairman Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton answers a reporter's questions during the opening press conference as NGA Chairman Michigan Gov. John Engler looks on. A federal proposal to cut highway funding to states was among the top issues discussed.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—Gov. Engler makes a point during the opening press conference that Homeland security, Medicaid and welfare reform will be among the focal points of NGA's four-day meeting agenda.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—NGA Chairman Gov. John Engler and Vice Chairman Kentucky Gov. Paul E. Patton address reporters at opening news conference.