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Tim Geithner: “It would be better for the country for Congress to provide some certainty about how we are going to address these…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2012
It would be better for the country for Congress to provide some certainty about how we are going to address these long-term fiscal problems.
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Tim Geithner
New York

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Tim Geithner advocates for Congress to address long-term fiscal issues sooner rather than later.

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