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Published 12/9/2008 by Amit R. Paley at Wash Post In Congress
The Senate yesterday confirmed a New York prosecutor as the chief watchdog of the $700 billion financial bailout program, giving him monitoring responsibility over a plan that has come under increasing criticism for lack of oversight.
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