US president-elect Barack Obama met President George W. Bush for face-to-face talks at the White House, with help for the ailing US auto industry reportedly a top issue.
Obama, who routed the incumbent’s fellow Republican John McCain in the November 4 election, made the visit as part of preparations ahead of his swearing in as president on January 20.
The carefully choreographed political truce came as Obama’s advisers pored over eight years of Bush decisions with an eye to what policies should be rolled back.
Bush decisions that could be reversed include curbs on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research and moves to open new lands to oil drilling.
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