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corner.nationalreview.com - 1/26/2009
The Geithner Debate
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Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch is opening up the Geithner debate with a strong statement of support for Geithner. Hatch is repeating an argument he has used in the Senate Finance Committee -- that a president ought to be able to get the appointees he wants, providing they are not incompetent or ...
nytimes.com - 1/22/2009
Geithner Says China Manipulating Its Currency
— nytimes.com — Timothy F. Geithner’s comment, made in writing to the Senate Finance Committee, is certain to anger the... Chinese government and raise fears that it could sell off some of its huge reserves of dollars. > (more) Geithner Says China Manipulating Its Currency

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Geithner and Summers Against Nationalization
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/28/2009
Geithner and Summers Against Nationalization
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Obama administration seems determined to stay away from nationalizing banks : Explicit nationalization of financial companies has... little support among key Obama officials, sources said. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner and top White House ... (more) Geithner and Summers Against Nationalization

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jamesfallows.theatlantic.com - 1/22/2009
A word about Timothy Geithner
— jamesfallows.theatlantic.com — I recognize that dealing with the world financial/economic crisis is the most important next thing the Obama... Administration has to do. Without detailed knowledge, I am willing to accept that Geithner is a crucially well-prepared member of the team ... (more) A word about Timothy Geithner

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Susan Collins: I can’t vote for a tax cheat for Treasury secretary
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Co-starring Andrea Mitchell, playing devil’s advocate for Obama the way any objective journalist would. The floor vote’s scheduled for 6 p.m. ET; Geithner will, of course, sail through, but watching one of the Senate’s foremost RINOs make the case against him here leaves me intrigued about the final tally. I’m betting 70/30, with Orrin Hatch’s case of Geithner fever infecting roughly 10 Republicans. Anyone want to take the under? In fairness, he partly redeemed himself with this: Hatch closed by saying that there is a double standard for nominations, and Geithner is ...

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