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Treasury considers that a firm has received exceptional financial assistance if it has received government aid outside of the initial $250 billion bank bailout, in which the government injected capital into financial firms in return for preferred shares and stock warrants. The list originally included AIG, Bank of America, Chrysler, Chrysler Financial, Citi, GMAC and General Motors. But in December, Bank of America and Citigroup struck deals with the government to get off the list. Bank of America raised nearly $20 billion from investors and paid back the government the $45 billion it was lent under TARP...
...become extremely clear to me since taking this role that there is a better way to structure this organization," said Reuss. "For the last three months our results have been on par with the industry. But I would have to say we have to accelerate our success in North America." Reuss also acknowledged that some of the pressure to get things done faster comes from the board of directors, led by former AT&T chief Ed Whitacre, who is settling into his role as GM's chief executive, and Wall Street veteran Steven Girsky, the UAW's choice...
...face of terrorism, we must hold on to what makes America a standard for liberty, not forfeit the very freedom that we hold dear...
...many different formulations Romney can use to profess his belief in American exceptionalism. But the theme is at the heart of the contrast Romney draws between himself and the president: while his prescriptions are designed to preserve American supremacy, Obama espouses American equivalence. "If the president accepts that America is in an irreversible state of decline relative to the world, it may well come to pass under his stewardship," Romney warns. (See pictures of Obama's overseas trips...
...writes in support of maintaining healthy defense budgets. "We must pay a large price to maintain our freedoms, and if we do not pay enough in dollars, we may be forced to pay the price in blood." He also charges - somewhat incongruously - that "it is long past time for America to strengthen and effectively deploy our soft power," which is, of course, partly what Obama is trying to do by toning down the Bush Administration's rhetoric...