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Jack Reed: “As President Kennedy said, you know, failure is an orphan, but success has lots of parents.”

On the recordJanuary 7, 2014
As President Kennedy said, you know, failure is an orphan, but success has lots of parents.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Reed reflects on the varying opinions about the success of the TARP warrant provision.

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