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On the recordFebruary 29, 2012
In the context of the Volcker Rule, you are still looking very, very closely at these differentials between European treatment of their sovereign debt and ultimately the way the Volcker Rule will treat it.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed emphasizes the need to examine differences in sovereign debt treatment under the Volcker Rule.

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