That is our basic challenge now,". Geithner says it will take some time to bring down unemployment levels, which in October reached a 26-year high in the United States.

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And last June,says Sittenfeld, the House passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act, the first bill out of either chamber of Congress to directly take on the challenge of global warming.

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