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Tim Geithner: “When Tim Geithner made his plan -- announced his plan to save the banks and more or less he didn't have a plan.”

On the recordMarch 7, 2009
When Tim Geithner made his plan -- announced his plan to save the banks and more or less he didn't have a plan.
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Tim Geithner
New York

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John Authors criticizes Tim Geithner's lack of a concrete plan during the bank rescue announcement.

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