andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 3/21/2009
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Now he tells us? Sharp intake of breath : Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told CNN Thursday his department
asked Sen. Chris Dodd to include a loophole in the stimulus bill that
allowed bailed-out insurance giant American International Group to keep
its bonuses. In an interview with CNN's ...
delong.typepad.com - 3/22/2009
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delong.typepad.com —
Q: What is the Geithner Plan? A: The
Geithner Plan is a trillion-dollar operation by which the...
U.S. acts as the world's largest hedge fund investor, committing its money to funds to buy up risky and distressed but probably fundamentally ...
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The Geithner Plan FAQ
balloon-juice.com - 3/21/2009
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balloon-juice.com —
The reviews are in on the leaked Geithner
plan , and we are going to do something...
different here for a change. We are not going to listen to people who have been wrong about everything, and instead are going to listen to people who have been more ...
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The Geithner Plan
ft.com - 3/20/2009
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ft.com —
Tim Geithner, the embattled US Treasury secretary, should
be given a chance to succeed, says John McCain,...
the former presidential candidate, who is the first prominent Republican to speak up in Mr Geithner’s defence amid growing calls for his ...
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FT.com / US / Politics & Foreign policy - McCain ...
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Weekend Opinionator: Obama's Communication Breakdown
Opinionator —
... Geithner was wrong. And it’s all on videotape. DealBlog this morning referenced a House hearing on March 3 in which Geithner was directly questioned about the specific bosnues, a full week before Geithner claims he was made aware of the impending controversy. C-SPAN archives has the clip So, in terms of job security, where does this leave the top T-Man? On Leno, Obama said that “I think Geithner is doing an outstanding job.” Andrew Sullivan says “I smell a Treasury secretary whose technical skills far surpass even minimal political sense.” But if you’re really curious, ...
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washingtonpost.com 3/20/2009 — President Obama's claim that Timothy Geithner faces a more daunting set of challenges than any Treasury secretary since Alexander Hamilton may be an exaggeration, but not by much. Geithner may indeed be the hardest-working man in Washington. But to ...
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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 2/17/2009 — The WaPo reports that Tim Geithner realized late in the day that the approaches to financial rescue originally developed by the Obama team weren't workable - hence the vagueness of last week's announcement.
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andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 3/3/2009 —
In a rare outing in public, he's on Capitol Hill today, and we learn from the WSJ that
No decision has been made on the final structure of what the administration is calling a private-public financing partnership, but one leading idea is to ...
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com 3/20/2009 —
"Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner acknowledged Thursday that his department 'expressed concern' to Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) that a provision concerning bonuses in the stimulus bill could prompt lawsuits from workers at bailed-out companies -- ...
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