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Succeeding in the NFL is about performing when given opportunities Next could be Hood's big opportunity.. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Trans-Orient Petroleum Ltd.(TSX-V: TOZ and OTCBB: TOPLF) announces that on January 23, 2009, theshareholders elected Messrs Garth Johnson, Alex Guidi, Michael Hart and RonaldBertuzzi to the Board of Directors at its annual and special meeting.More than 21.5 million votes were received out of an eligible 36.5 millionshares with 99.5 of shares voted, done so in favour of all directors, for theappointment of the Company's auditors and to approve the Company's 10 rollingshare option plan.Trans-Orient CEO, Garth Johnson, said "I would like to thank our shareholdersfor their tremendous voting response and show of support at this year's annualand special meeting. Trans-Orient remains well capitalized to conduct ourexploration operations for the foreseeable future and we look forward to anexciting year."About Trans-Orient:Trans-Orient Petroleum Ltd. This high-potential oil and gas frontier encompasses a number ofsignificant conventional prospects as well as unconventional prospectstargeting world-class fractured shale oil-and-gas source-rock formations.Forward-Looking Statements:This release includes certain statements that may be deemed to be"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable legislation.Other than statements of historical fact, all statements in this releaseaddressing future operations, undiscovered hydrocarbon resource potential,exploration, potential reservoirs, prospects, leads and other contingenciesare forward-looking statements.

Although management believes the expectationsexpressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonableassumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance, andactual results may differ materially from those in the forward-lookingstatements due to factors such as market prices, farm-outs, relinquishments,exploration successes, continued availability of capital and financing, andgeneral economic, market, political or business conditions. Please see ourpublic filings at for further information.The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed, and does not acceptresponsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the content of this newsrelease.SOURCETrans-Orient Petroleum Ltd.Garth Johnson, CEO, (604) 682-6496, http:// (Recasts with start of debate, senators' comments) Regulatory News Bonds By Glenn Somerville and David Lawder WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. economy in full-blown crisis, Geithner'sexperience in dealing with the past year's rapid-fire rescuesof key financial firms trumped the taint from his late paymentof $34,000 in self-employment taxes in the eyes of manylawmakers.

"I would rather have a battle hardened veteran at the helmwho knows the shoals and whirlpools than a neophyte who has towade into these churning waters for the first time," saidRepublican Sen Orrin Hatch of Utah But Sen. James Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, said hecould not support Geithner because of the tax issue and hisdisagreement with nominee's involvement in government bailoutsof financial firms "The government has gone too far and under Mr. MANAGING A CRISIS The 47-year-old Geithner will be President Barack Obama'stop economic official and will help lead a crisis-managementteam that is already deeply involved in pushing a package ofspending and tax-cuts through Congress to lift therecession-mired economy. He also will immediately face the question of whether thenew administration should go back to Congress to seek moneybeyond the Treasury-run $700 billion financial rescue packageto sop up bad assets sitting on bank balance sheets, perhaps ina government-run "bad bank." "On the challenges, they are monumental and extraordinary.But this is going to be more than a one-man show, this is goingto be a whole team effort by Treasury and by theadministration," said Joseph LaVorgna, chief U.S economist atDeutsche Bank Securities. Many lawmakers have complained that banks havenot used the funds to increase their lending. FAMILIAR TURF Geithner's route to Treasury secretary initially appearedall smooth sailing until revelations that he had underpaidtaxes for several years while he worked for the InternationalMonetary Fund earlier in the decade. He apologized for the errors, calling them "careless" buttaking some stripes for it from some lawmakers Geithner has a long-standing familiarity with Treasury.