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Tim Geithner: But I want to be candid. This strategy will cost money. It will involve risk, and it will take time.

On the recordDecember 30, 2009
But I want to be candid. This strategy will cost money. It will involve risk, and it will take time.
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Tim Geithner
New York

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Timothy Geithner outlines the risks and costs associated with the government's economic strategy.

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