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Ed Markey: They changed the name to protect the guilty.

On the recordSeptember 21, 2011
They changed the name to protect the guilty.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey comments on the renaming of a company involved in a financial scandal.

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