National Governors Association

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02/24/2008

2008 Winter Meeting Photo Gallery

Washington, DC (Feb. 23-25)

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23

Opening News Conference

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Feb. 23—Govs. Pawlenty, Rendell and Bredesen

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Feb. 23—Govs. Beshear and Rendell

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Feb. 23—Govs. Ritter, Baldacci, Beshear, Rendell, Pawlenty and Bredesen

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Feb. 23—Govs. Rendell, Beshear and Bredesen

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Feb. 23—Govs. Baldacci, Ritter, Pawlenty and Rendell

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Feb. 23—Govs. Rendell, Pawlenty and Bredesen

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Feb. 23—Govs. Beshear, Baldacci, Pawlenty, Rendell and Bredesen

Plenary Session
Securing A Clean Energy Future

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Feb. 23—Gov. Pawlenty

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Feb. 23 —Thomas Friedman (Three-Time Pulitzer Prize Winner, Best-Selling Author and Columnist for The New York Times)

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Feb. 23—Thomas Friedman

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Feb. 23—Gov. Rell

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Feb. 23—Govs. Manchin, Schweitzer and Hoeven

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Feb. 23—Jeffrey R. Immelt (Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, General Electric Company)

Securing a Clean Energy Future Taskforce
The Role of Coal and Nuclear Power in a Clean Energy Future

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Feb. 23—Gov. O'Malley

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Feb. 23—Daniel Yergin (Chairman, Cambridge Energy Research Associates)

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Feb. 23—Daniel Yergin

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Feb. 23—Thomas F. Farrell II (Chairman, President and CEO, Dominion) and Gov. Pawlenty

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Feb. 23—Thomas F. Farrell II

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Feb. 23—Michael G. Morris (Chairman, President and CEO, American Electric Power)

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Feb. 23—Securing a Clean Energy Future Taskforce

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Feb. 23—Michael G. Morris

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Feb. 23—Gov. Pawlenty

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Feb. 23—Daniel Yergin

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Economic Development & Commerce Committee Session
Shaping the Future of National Surface Transportation Policy and Finance

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Feb. 24—The Honorable Mary Peters (Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation)

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Feb. 24—Gov. Rounds

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Feb. 24—Govs. Beebe and Corzine

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Feb. 24—The Honorable Mary Peters

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Feb. 24—Dr. R. Richard Geddes (Associate Professor, Cornell University and Member, National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission)

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Feb. 24—Gov. Spitzer

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Feb. 24—Jack L. Schenendorf (Of Counsel, Covington and Burling, LLP and Vice Chair, National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission)

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Feb. 24—Frank McArdle (Senior Advisor, General Contractors Association of America and Member, National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission)

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Feb. 24—Tom Skancke (CEO, The Skancke Company and Commission Member, National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission)

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Feb. 24—Gov. Tulafono

Education, Early Childhood & Workforce Committee Session
Innovative Governor-Led Strategies to Turn Around Struggling Schools

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Feb. 24—Gov. Carcieri

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Feb. 24—Govs. Carcieri and Henry

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Feb. 24—Dr. Pedro Noguera (Executive Director, Metropolitan Center for Urban Education)

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Feb. 24—Dr. Pedro Noguera

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Feb. 24—Govs. Carcieri and Henry

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Feb. 24—Gov. Rendell

Health & Human Services Committee Session
The Future of Long-term Care: Challenges and Opportunities for States

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Feb. 24—Roger Auerbach (Senior Consultant, The Lewin Group)

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Feb. 24—Gov. Douglas

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Feb. 24—William A. B. Ditto (Director, New Jersey Division of Disability Services)

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Feb. 24—William A. B. Ditto

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Feb. 24—Gov. Barbour

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Feb. 24—Patrick Flood (Deputy Secretary, Vermont Agency of Human Services)

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Feb. 24—Peter R. Orszag (Director, Congressional Budget Office)

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Feb. 24—Health and Human Services Committee session

Natural Resources Committee Session
Traditional Domestic Energy in a Clean Energy Future

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Feb. 24—Govs. Palin and Fitial

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Feb. 24—Govs. Beshear and Gibbons

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Feb. 24—Gov. Manchin

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Feb. 24—Gov. Palin

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Feb. 24—Edward Kelly (Vice President, North American Gas and Power, Wood MacKenzie Limited)

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Feb. 24—Gov. Culver and Jonathon Schrag (Founding Partner, Hudson Strategic Energy Advisors)

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Feb. 24—Jonathon Schrag

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Feb. 24—Gov. Culver

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Feb. 24—Gov. Fitial

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Feb. 24—Natural Resources Committee session

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25

White House visit and News Conference

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Feb. 25—As NGA kicks-off its centennial celebration, the nation's current governors "recreated" the 1908 photo during the annual governors' meeting with the president.

Front Row (left to right): Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, North Carolina Governor Michael F. Easley, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty (NGA Chair) President George W. Bush, Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell NGA (Vice Chair), West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin III, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, Puerto Rico Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen, Kentucky Governor Steven L. Beshear

Second Row (left to right): California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Utah Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Washington Governor Christine O. Gregoire, Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine, Maine Governor John Baldacci, Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, Guam Governor Felix Perez Camacho, Northern Mariana Islands Governor Benigno Fitial, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri, American Samoa Governor Togiola T.A. Tulafono

Third Row (left to right): Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr., Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle, Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, Alabama Governor Bob Riley, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, Missouri Governor Matt Blunt, North Dakota Governor John Hoeven, Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner, Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell, Vermont Governor James H. Douglas, Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, South Dakota Governor M. Michael Rounds, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, Iowa Governor Chet Culver

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Feb. 25—Gov. Gregoire (at podium) with Govs. Beebe, Schweitzer, Palin, Manchin, Culver, Beshear, Baldacci, Douglas, Hoeven, Bredesen, Patrick, Rell, Carcieri and Barbour.

Closing Plenary Session
Breakthrough Energy Technologies

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Feb. 25—R. James Woolsey (Venture Partner, Vantage Point; Chairman of Senior Advisory Group, Paladin; Senior Executive Adviser to Booz Allen; Former Director of Central Intelligence)

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Feb. 25—R. James Woolsey

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Feb. 25—John Doerr (Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers)

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Feb. 25—Gov. Rendell and John Doerr

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Feb. 25—Gov. Patrick

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Feb. 25—Gov. Riley and Michael T. Jones (Chief Technology Advocate, Google)

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Feb. 25—Gov. Riley and Michael T. Jones

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Feb. 25—Gov. Rounds and Patrick Garver (Executive Vice President, Barrick Gold of North America, Inc.)

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Feb. 25—Gov. Rounds and Patrick Garver

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