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politico.com - 1/13/2009
Obama team's talking points on Geithner
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Politico has obtained the following talking points, which sources say the team is using to defend Geithner.
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nytimes.com - 1/14/2009
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— nytimes.com — President-elect Barack Obama with his choice for Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, in Washington early this month.... (more) Geithner

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Timothy Geithner’s Nomination for Secretary of the Treasury in Trouble? Senate Democrats Scramble
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... not realize that those taxes should have applied to him in 2001 and 2002 as well? There is another — what seems to me to be a lesser — issue with a housekeeper that the Geithners employed to clean their home from 2004-2005. She had a current Employee Authorization Document at the time she was hired, but three months before she stopped working for the family that authorization expired. In the meantime, Senate Democrats scramble while Barack Obama supports his nominee with these talking points. * Before ...

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