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Barack Obama: “Dealing with AIG and some of these other institutions is like dealing with somebody who's got a suicide bomb strapped to…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2009
Dealing with AIG and some of these other institutions is like dealing with somebody who's got a suicide bomb strapped to their chest.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Barack Obama compares the challenge of managing failing financial institutions to a dangerous negotiation.

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