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On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
Foreclosures continue to be very high. There have been sincere government efforts to try to address the problem.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke discusses the ongoing issue of foreclosures and government efforts to mitigate them.

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