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Everybody Hates Larry

Presence of divisive Summers cranks up tensions on Obama's economic team

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 8, 2009 7:58 AM CDT

(Newser) – On his 54th birthday, Tim Geithner brought Larry Summers a cake, and the guest of honor ad-libbed some lyrics, bellowing, “for he’s an unpleasant fellow,” rather than “for he’s a jolly good fellow.” In the months since, his colleagues... Read full story »

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