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Darrell Issa: “We own 80 percent of AIG; we are not likely to get paid it all back.”

On the recordOctober 27, 2009
We own 80 percent of AIG; we are not likely to get paid it all back.
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Darrell Issa
Republican · California

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Issa discusses the U.S. government's stake in AIG and the likelihood of repayment.

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