The President took a personal interest in restructuring Chrysler and General Motors, following two of the largest bankruptcies in U.S.history - less than a year after he had proposed billions of dollars in government loans.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

"This is not only a strategic interest of the United States, it is an issue of personal importance to me, and one I have worked on for almost four decades,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.06