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Network Evening Shows Downplay Geithner Tax Evasion as a 'Speed Bump'
newsbusters.org - 1/14/2009
Network Evening Shows Downplay Geithner Tax Evasion as a 'Speed Bump'
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The network evening shows didn’t have much of an appetite for Democratic hypocrisy among the team they hailed as a "superstar Cabinet" on Tuesday night. Timothy Geithner, Barack Obama’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, a man who would oversee the IRS, failed to pay $42,000 in Social ...
Geithner's Tax History Muddles Confirmation
online.wsj.com - 1/13/2009
Geithner's Tax History Muddles Confirmation
— online.wsj.com — [President-elect Barack Obama's pick for Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, left, employed an immigrant housekeeper with expired work... papers.] Getty Images President-elect Barack Obama's pick for Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, left, employed ... (more) Geithner's Tax History Muddles Confirmation

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Editorial: More Questions for Mr. Geithner
nytimes.com - 1/15/2009
Editorial: More Questions for Mr. Geithner
— nytimes.com — The tax transgressions by Timothy F. Geithner, the nominee for Treasury secretary, paint a picture of noncompliance... that is more disturbing than his supporters acknowledge. > (more) Editorial: More Questions for Mr. Geithner

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article.nationalreview.com - 1/19/2009
York: Geithner Cant Explain His Failure to Pay Taxes
— article.nationalreview.com — The treasury secretary-designates answers leave some senators baffled. (more) York: Geithner Cant Explain His Failure to Pay Taxes

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Ace of Spades HQ:  Networks on Geithner's Tax Evasion: A "Speed Bump"

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Networks on Geithner's Tax Evasion: A "Speed Bump"
Ace of Spades HQ — Networks on Geithner's Tax Evasion: A "Speed Bump" I remember Joe the Plumber hitting a similar speed bump when he was being vetted for Secretary of Defense Undersecretary of the Navy Commandant of Pearl Harbor "seriously thinking" of buying a Sea-Doo. Thanks to CJ. Posted by: Ace at ...

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