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Tim Geithner: What I believe very strongly--and I think this is a deep failure of Government--is that we allowed a level of abuse and…

On the recordJanuary 27, 2010
What I believe very strongly--and I think this is a deep failure of Government--is that we allowed a level of abuse and predation to happen across the system with appalling, terrible consequences.
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Tim Geithner
New York

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Geithner emphasizes the government's failure to prevent financial abuse.

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