Alaska Rural Tour
John Lamont, Lower Yukon School District superintendent, left, briefs Education Secretary Arne Duncan, with red coat, and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, after a town hall meeting in Bethel, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. President Barack Obama promised to pay attention to problems of rural America, and four of his cabinet secretaries traveled Wednesday to parts of Alaska that couldn't get much more rural. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
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