Ben Bernanke said "Some of the steps we have taken, like the AIG episode, for example, obviously have hurt the Fed a lot politically." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordDecember 2, 2009

Some of the steps we have taken, like the AIG episode, for example, obviously have hurt the Fed a lot politically.

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Bernanke acknowledges that certain actions have politically damaged the Federal Reserve.

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