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Barack Obama: We just found out that AIG, a company that got a bailout, just a week after they got help, went on a $400,000 junket.…

On the recordOctober 6, 2008
We just found out that AIG, a company that got a bailout, just a week after they got help, went on a $400,000 junket. And I tell you what, the treasury should demand that money back, and those executives should be fired.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Barack Obama criticizes AIG for misusing bailout funds and calls for accountability.

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