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David Gergen: “We stepped back too far. You need to get the SEC and we need better people to go into the SEC.”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2009
We stepped back too far. You need to get the SEC and we need better people to go into the SEC.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Gergen discusses the need for better personnel in the SEC to effectively regulate financial markets.

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