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On the recordFebruary 4, 2009
Treasury may have pursued policy objectives in overpaying for assets, but if so, they did not clearly articulate those objectives.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren critiques Treasury's lack of clarity on asset overpayment objectives.

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