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Published 3/21/2009 by kkeckcnn at CNN Political Ticker

President Obama has expressed confidence in Timothy Geithner's role as Treasury secretary. (CNN) — President Obama says Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s job is safe, according to excerpts of Mr. Obama’s interview this week with CBS’s “60 Minutes.” If the embattled Secretary were to submit his resignation, Obama said he’d tell him, “Sorry, Buddy, you’ve still got [...] (link)

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