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Secretary of Bailouts
online.wsj.com - 11/24/2008
Secretary of Bailouts
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[Review & Outlook] AP Timothy Geithner with Ben Bernanke.
Obama to Pick Geithner as Treasury Secretary
online.wsj.com - 11/21/2008
Obama to Pick Geithner as Treasury Secretary
— online.wsj.com — [Timothy Geithner] Getty Images New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner speaks during a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee in July. (more) Obama to Pick Geithner as Treasury Secretary

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Club for Growth:  Monday's Daily News

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The Aleph Blog:  The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same

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Monday's Daily News
Club for Growth — THE DAILY NEWS Appoint Jeff Flake and Jim DeMint - Pat Toomey, National Review Geithner: Secretary of Bailouts - Wall Street Journal Editorial Building a Better Bailout - Lawrence Lindsey, Weekly Standard Bring Back the Dollar/Gold Link - Richard Duncan, FT.com Obama Introduces Plan To Create 2.5 Million Jobs - M. Gilbert, NJ Detroit's Brand Killer - Rich Karlgaard, Forbes.com Obama Scores A's in Politics, Flunks Leader Test - K. Hassett, Bloomberg ...

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Alea — Where Was Geithner in Turmoil? Secretary of Bailouts Geithner Struggled to Rally Action After Spotting Swap Dangers Video: Sorkin on Geithner Insight on whether Timothy Geithner is the right choice for the next Treasury Secretary, with Andrew Ross Sorkin, NY Times reporter A 100-year bear market? Email This

The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same
The Aleph Blog — ... he said. “All of these ‘rescues’ are a disaster for the taxpayer, for the financial markets and also for the Federal Reserve System as an organization. Geithner, in our view, deserves retirement, not promotion.” Ouch. “He was in the room at every turn of the crisis,” said another executive who participated in several such confidential meetings with Mr. Geithner. “You can look at that both ways.” This Wall Street Journal editorial is similarly bearish.  Geithner was in the room on every bad ...

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