Quotable
“AIG highlights broad failures of our financial system. We must ensure that our country never faces this situation again.”
Timothy Geithner
Treasury secretary, to the House Financial Services Committee.
“It was just a few days ago or weeks ago where people were certain that Secretary Geithner couldn’t deliver a plan. Today, the headlines all look like, ‘Well, all right, there’s a plan.’ And I’m sure there will be more criticism, and we’ll have to make more adjustments, but we’re moving in the right direction.”
President Barack Obama
Saying the once-fierce criticism of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has abated.
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