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Claire McCaskill: “It is almost like word got out and nobody was paying attention, and all of a sudden everybody thought, OK, the bank is…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 2014
It is almost like word got out and nobody was paying attention, and all of a sudden everybody thought, OK, the bank is open.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

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McCaskill describes a lack of oversight leading to issues in recruitment.

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