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Bob Menendez: Where I come from, we punish failure, not reward it.

On the recordDecember 2, 2009
Where I come from, we punish failure, not reward it.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Menendez criticizes the handling of the financial crisis and calls for accountability.

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