"Today's meeting with the Presidential Task Force on Autos was just the beginning of the hard work ahead for GM and the president's team, " GM said in a statement.

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As a result neither were prepared to make the hefty concessions that could possibly convince the presidential task-force that the pair were deserving of big supplies of emergency cash.

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President Barack Obama kicked off the launch by signing a Presidential Memorandum creating the first ever Task Force on Childhood Obesity which will include the DPC, Office of the First Lady, Interior, USDA, HHS, Education, NEC and other agencies.

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He did say the plan, documented in a report compiled by a task force led by Vice President Dick Cheney, would closely follow the recommendations Bush first floated on the presidential campaign trail last fall.

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