msnbc.msn.com - 1/29/2009
msnbc.msn.com - 1/29/2009
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President Barack Obama believes the multibillion-dollar bonuses that
Wall Street banks awarded themselves for 2008 are "outrageous",...
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Thursday.
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Obama: big Wall Street bonuses 'outrageous'
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Obama: Wall Street Bonuses Irresponsible and Shameful
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Obama: Wall Street Bonuses Irresponsible and Shameful
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If it's not the most complicated photo, that's part of the point.
The most significant image of the week involved Obama -- sitting with the newly confirmed treasury secretary -- calling the media into the Oval Office to intentionally and pointedly shame Wall Street (using that exact word). ...
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