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Jack Reed: “The fact that they did not have systems in place to adequately assess the risk, which I think is a fair conclusion of…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2009
The fact that they did not have systems in place to adequately assess the risk, which I think is a fair conclusion of the report of the GAO.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Reed discusses the GAO's findings on financial institutions' risk assessment capabilities.

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