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Tom Coburn: “Well, let me ask you this, if you would. Does it make sense to you somebody would tout a philosophy that says, I am…”

On the recordApril 26, 2010
Well, let me ask you this, if you would. Does it make sense to you somebody would tout a philosophy that says, I am going to take advantage of the knowledge that we as a firm have and make more money for the firm, yet ignore the information in terms of the Mortgage Department, what they were seeing and how you were changing positions? Is that believable to you?
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn challenges the credibility of a trading philosophy that disregards critical information.

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