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On the recordApril 26, 2010
Didn't you make a decision in December 2006 to basically head in a different direction? You were much too long and you wanted to go short. Is that not true?
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin questions a decision made by a financial executive regarding market positions.

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