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Tim Geithner: “The judgment we're making is absolutely the right judgment. Is that as a country, given where we started, we have no…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2009
The judgment we're making is absolutely the right judgment. Is that as a country, given where we started, we have no choice but to move aggressively on these fronts.
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Tim Geithner
New York

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Geithner defends the aggressive economic policies being implemented by the administration.

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