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On the recordMarch 2, 2009
I think if there is a single episode in this entire 18 months that has made me more angry, I cannot think of one than AIG.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke shares his anger over AIG's exploitation of regulatory gaps.

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