Barack Obama: “What we're doing is we're putting a CFO, a comptroller in the White…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2005

What we're doing is we're putting a CFO, a comptroller in the White House that is overseeing how this money gets spent.

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Senator Obama explains the establishment of a CFO to ensure proper spending of reconstruction funds.

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Barack Obama: “What we're doing is we're putting a CFO, a comptroller in the White House that is overseeing how this money gets spent.”