Bill Clinton, Gore, And Current Politicians Attend Energy Summit(T. Boone Pickens)

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks as (L-R) Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, UN Foundation President and former U.S. Sen. Timothy Wirth (D-CO), President and CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund and former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta, former Vice President Al Gore, and Chairman of BP Capital Management T. Boone Pickens listen during an energy summit at the Newseum February 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. The summit was to discuss "National Clean Energy Project: Building the New Economy."

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