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Tim Geithner: “I think this Government should have moved earlier to address this crisis.”

On the recordJune 8, 2009
I think this Government should have moved earlier to address this crisis.
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Tim Geithner
New York

Editor's note · Context

Geithner acknowledges the government's delayed response to the housing crisis.

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