Jan 13th, 2009 - CNNMoney
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(CNNMoney.com) -- On the campaign trail, President-elect Barack Obama pledged that his efforts to rebuild America's tattered economy would "start with our small businesses on Main Street." Maine businesswoman Karen Mills, Obama's nominee to head the Small Business Administration, will be his point person for that effort. But in a time of tremendous need among small businesses for government assistance, Mills is set to inherit an agency caught in a quagmire.
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Walk with Small Business Administration's Karen Mills as she travels to Capitol Hill, then to a business in suburban Maryland where she joins President Obama in announcing new small business lending initiatives. October 21, 2009 (Public Domain)
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