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David Gergen: “We need better people to go into the SEC. We've denigrated government jobs so much we don't have the kind of talented…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2009
We need better people to go into the SEC. We've denigrated government jobs so much we don't have the kind of talented people that once went in there.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen discusses the decline in talent within the SEC and the need for better regulation.

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