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Ted Kaufman: “Just so I get it clear, it is in your statements, I mean, but just to kind of concentrate on what it is, we know that…”

On the recordApril 22, 2010
Just so I get it clear, it is in your statements, I mean, but just to kind of concentrate on what it is, we know that thousands of RMBSes that were rated AAA in 2006-2007 are now rated as junk.
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Ted Kaufman
Delaware

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Senator Kaufman highlights the downgrade of previously AAA-rated RMBSes.

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