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Obama Creates Council to Help Auto Industry - WSJ.com

PERRYSBURG, Ohio-- President Barack Obama is creating a White House council to handle issues that affect American communities and workers tied to the automotive industry.
Vice President Joe Biden, announcing the creation of the White House Council on Automotive Communities and Workers on Tuesday in Ohio, said it would aim to help workers tied to the auto industry make a transition to new manufacturing opportunities, including jobs in alternative energy.
The recession has been particularly hard on the auto industry, which has lost more than 400,000 jobs in the last decade. Northwestern Ohio has been hit hard by the job losses, and now is banking on more green factory jobs.
The council will be chaired by the president's economic adviser, Larry Summers, and his labor secretary, Hilda Solis.
The executive director will be Mr. Obama's director of recovery for auto communities and workers, Ed Montgomery. The council, created for a period of two years, aims to coordinate the federal response to issues that affect auto workers and advise the president on policy proposals regarding the auto industry.
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