| Ford Motor's Chairman Bill Ford Jr. has
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| | wherein Obama has criticized the US
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| recently called for a national energy
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| | automakers and calling them to do more to
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| policy saying that the auto industry
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| | build furl-efficient vehicles.
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| together with the energy companies,
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| | Chairman Ford Jr., added that he would
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| government and other industries should
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| | like to invite Obama to Ford's plant in
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| cooperate in developing a comprehensive
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| | Chicago "where we make a vehicle that's
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| plan.
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| | more fuel efficient than the one he's
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| Chairman Ford Jr., addressing the Detroit
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| | currently driving." He further stated
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| Regional Chamber said that the auto
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| | that it is not only the stressed on the
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| industry is not looking for handouts nor
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| | production of more fuel-efficient
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| it is trying to evade its
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| | vehicles that's weighing on the US
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| responsibilities. On the other hand he
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| | automakers but also the rising cost of
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| said that he would like to move beyond
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| | health care that leaves US manufacturers
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| the "patchwork" of current fuel-economy
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| | at a disadvantage. "Unless, nationally,
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| rules and "arbitrarily set standards."
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| | we get our arms around this, it's going
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| The executive said that all of the
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| | to be very hard to be a manufacturer in
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| stakeholders should help to create a more
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| | this country of anything," he said during
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| comprehensive plan for cutting carbon
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| | a question-and-answer session.
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| emissions. He also stressed that Ford is
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| | However Chairman Ford has also made it
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| continuing to invest in cleaner, more
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| | clear that he is not at all endorsing a
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| fuel-efficient technology in spite of its
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| | national universal health-care system but
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| restructuring program.
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| | he did say that the present system is
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| Chairman Ford Jr. said, "Environmental
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| | "broken". US automakers are facing a
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| sustainability is a critical issue for
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| | growing burden of providing heath care
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| our future growth and prosperity."
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| | for thousands of retirees and active
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| He further added that although the
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| | employees. But he didn't mention just how
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| company has been able to develop the
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| | Ford will deal with its health-care costs
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| first hybrid SUV which is the Ford Escape
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| | especially since its talks with the
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| and redeveloped its Rouge plant in
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| | United Auto Workers union are getting
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| Dearborn, Mich., in what he termed as
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| | near.
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| "environmentally friendly way", the
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| | It can be remembered that Ford the
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| Chairman wishes that the company would
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| | producer of high quality car accessories
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| have done more.
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| | such as Ford floor mats has taken a big
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| Chairman Ford Jr., also said during a
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| | step in changing its management stature
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| question-and-answer session that the
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| | when it hired Alan Mulally who is a
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| company "didn't stretch far enough in the
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| | former Boeing Co. (BA) executive as the
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| past few years" on design but the new
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| | new Chief Executive. And just recently,
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| vehicles such as the Edge crossover
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| | UAW President Ron Gettelfinger while
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| utility and the Ford Flex are "really
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| | speaking to the same conference has made
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| indicative of the kind of design we want
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| | a call for a national, single-payer
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| to have in the end."
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| | health-care system. Gettelfinger said,
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| Despite the fact that Ford did well at
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| | "Our continued failure to enact serious
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| truck and SUV design, Chairman Ford said,
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| | health-care reform puts U.S. companies at
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| "I think as we started getting back to
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| | an enormous competitive disadvantage. All
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| the car business, we weren't perhaps bold
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| | of our major trading partners, every one,
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| enough." He also said that he was "Very
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| | have national health-care systems which
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| disappointed" by the comments made by
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| | deliver quality care at an affordable
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| Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama,
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| | price.
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| D-III., at his recent speech in Detroit
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