President Barack Obama, with Assembly Manager Teri Quigley, gets behind the wheel of a new Chevy Volt during his tour of the General Motors Auto Plant in Hamtramck, Mich., July 30, 2010. United States President Barack Obama test drove a Chevrolet Volt Friday during a visit to a General Motors plant in Michigan. The visit was part of a larger trip to the Detroit area to discuss the progress of Obama's bailout of the auto industry earlier in his administration. Obama visited the Detroit area to defend his controversial decision to invest US 50 billion in the failing auto industry last year. "It's estimated we would have lost another million jobs had we not stepped in," said Obama. Instead, job growth totaled 50,000 workers this year, the largest since 1999. Obama warns, though, that recovery is not yet complete. This was the second time Obama drove a car since early 2007, when as a presidential candidate he requested Secret Service protection. The first was a Dodge Charger , which he drove a few months ago at a Secret Service training facility.
President Barack Obama, with Assembly Manager Teri Quigley, gets behind the wheel of a new Chevy Volt during his tour of the General Motors Auto Plant in Hamtramck, Mich., July 30, 2010. United States President Barack Obama test drove a Friday during a visit to a General Motors plant in Michigan. The visit was part of a larger trip to the area to discuss the progress of Obama's bailout of the auto industry earlier in his administration. Obama visited the Detroit area to defend his controversial decision to invest 50 billion in the failing auto industry last year. "It's estimated we would have lost another million jobs had we not stepped in," said Obama. Instead, job growth totaled 50,000 workers this year, the largest since 1999. Obama warns, though, that recovery is not yet complete. This was the second time Obama drove a car since early 2007, when as a presidential candidate he requested Secret Service protection. The first was a , which he drove a few months ago at a Secret Service training facility.
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