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'AIG Buck Stops With Me'

'I'll take responsibility,' he tells Californians

By John Johnson, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 19, 2009 4:56 AM CDT

(Newser) – President Obama began a two-day swing through California yesterday, again accepting blame for the AIG mess and urging Washington to stop its finger-pointing, the Wall Street Journal reports. “Washington is in a tizzy and everybody is pointing fingers at each other and saying it's... Read full story »

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