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Carl Levin

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Carl Levin was a prominent American politician who served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1979 until 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Levin was known for his leadership on the Senate Armed Services Committee, where he played a key role in shaping U.S. military policy and defense spending. Throughout his tenure, he was an advocate for various issues, including environmental protection and consumer rights.

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Mar 14, 2013

In fact, it was increasing in size.

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Mar 14, 2013

You think that is a balanced--honestly, now, you think that is a balanced presentation to investors?

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Mar 14, 2013

Jamie Dimon testified to the Senate that the SCP was to protect against a financial crisis

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Mar 14, 2013

You think that the average listener to that statement would think that what you were referring to was some strategy that was adopted, I do not know, months before or a year before?

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Mar 14, 2013

That is not when these trades were made? That is the issue.

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Mar 14, 2013

It seems to our review that, absolutely, the----

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Mar 14, 2013

Was it a coincidence that it was done at that time?

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Mar 14, 2013

So when he said in his email that you said that the current losses are 1.6, what you are saying is you told him that the 1.6 was current in the second-quarter-to-date.

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Mar 14, 2013

Those losses, even though the trades were made in London----

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Mar 14, 2013

OK. So that in 2012, the Synthetic Credit Portfolio was being actively traded, right?

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Mar 14, 2013

Let me be clear: JPMorgan completely disregarded risk limits and stonewalled Federal regulators.

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Mar 14, 2013

Were you aware that it was 1,000 percent over the limit?

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Mar 13, 2013

It seems to me that it is a much easier border to cross illegally than the Mexican border.

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Mar 13, 2013

Well, we appreciate your taking the time to come to the border with Canada, which is an amazing border in a lot of ways.

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Mar 13, 2013

This border is a source of a greater terrorist threat than the Mexican border.

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Mar 13, 2013

However, the GAO says, the DHS reports that the terrorist threat on the Northern border is higher.

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Mar 13, 2013

Historically, the United States has focused attention and resources primarily on the U.S. border with Mexico.

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Mar 4, 2013

They have an ability--they being China--capability and, indeed, a responsibility to the region and the world to take the action that they are able to take to tell North Korea that their continuing economic support of North Korea is…

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Mar 4, 2013

I remain hopeful that we can develop such a bipartisan plan.

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Mar 4, 2013

We simply cannot continue to ignore the effects of sequestration.

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Mar 4, 2013

I remain hopeful we can develop such a bipartisan plan.

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Mar 4, 2013

Congress can fix the budget problems by enacting legislation that reduces the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years.

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Mar 4, 2013

Sequestration is already having an operational impact in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area

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Feb 12, 2013

It is also the American way that there be some congressional oversight of your contracts.

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Feb 12, 2013

What difference does it make whether we prohibit what you are saying you are going to do or not?

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