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On the recordNovember 15, 2011
I'm very saddened that John McCain hasn't had the nerve and the coherence to go nose to nose with Obama and force Obama to give back the money that he's taken from Fannie Mac and -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, forced him to fire Franklin Raines, who after all got $90 million in six years while totally mismanaging Fannie Mae.
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Newt Gingrich
Republican · Georgia

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Gingrich criticizes John McCain for not confronting Obama about financial ties to Freddie Mac.

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