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Mayor meets with President
Dayton Mayor Rhine McLin got treated to an all-star cast during her first visit to the White House during the Obama administration.
McLin, one of 80 mayors who visited the White House on Friday, Feb. 20, not only met with President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, she got to meet with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.
During a meeting that ran at least 20 minutes longer than the allotted hour, Obama told mayors that he wanted to be partners with the mayors on helping revitalize the economy. Obama said he was hiring a director of urban affairs to work with mayors and would put mayors on advisory councils advising him on policy. All this, he said, was aimed at helping get the economy on track.
“They are letting us know they are holding us accountable for what they’ve done for us and they want to work with us,” McLin said.
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