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Geithner: 'These Policies Will Work'

Treasury sec lays out $1T plan in op-ed

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 23, 2009 7:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – Tim Geithner caps a weekend of lobbying for the administration's $1 trillion Public-Private Investment Program in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, arguing that "the financial system as a whole is still working against a recovery." For the Treasury secretary, all... Read full story »

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