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Tim Geithner: The administration and Congress have a responsibility to look forward, reconsider the role government has played in the…

On the recordNovember 2, 2011
The administration and Congress have a responsibility to look forward, reconsider the role government has played in the past.
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Tim Geithner
New York

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Geithner stresses the need for government to reassess its role in housing finance.

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