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On the recordMay 27, 2009
If it was not done, that they believed there would be a global financial collapse.
Said by
Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Kent Conrad recounts the urgency communicated by financial leaders regarding AIG's potential collapse.

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