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Geithner Blew Off Obama's Order to Dissolve Citigroup

New book says Obama's team routinely undermined him

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 16, 2011 11:27 AM CDT

(Newser) – In March 2009, in the throes of the financial crisis, Barack Obama told Tim Geithner to focus on a proposal to dissolve Citigroup—but the Treasury Secretary ignored him and never developed a plan, according to former Wall Street Journal reporter Ron Suskind’s new...   Read full story »

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