Bush names prosecutor as TARP inspector general
Published 11/14/2008 at Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush intends to nominate Assistant U.S. Attorney Neil Barofsky to be the special inspector general for the Troubled Assets Relief Program at the Treasury Department, the White House said on Friday.
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