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Congress will push the issue of public discussion of sensitive government information, but usually only so far. Geither's brilliance has led him to change the perception of banks from being "too big to fail" into being "too big to be discussed in public." His most impressive statement at yesterday's Oversight Panel cross examination was that the "vast majority" of American banks are well-capitalized. He neglected to mention which financial firms are in trouble. It could be that two of the four largest banks in the US have too much trash on their balance sheets to make...
...lawmakers went haywire (Kellermann was pegged to receive a retention bonus of $850,000). "It's hard to see any common sense in management decisions that award hundreds of millions in bonuses when their organizations lost more than $100 billion in a year," Senator Charles Grassley said in a statement. Barney Frank, chair of the House Financial Services committee, wrote to Lockhart: "I am writing to urge strongly that you rescind the retention bonus programs at Fannie Mae and Freddie...
...called for a “new deal for Mexico” and a social contract that would renew the nation and clear up corruption. Fuentes emphasized that literature and education were essential in this push for progress. Students who attended the discussion agreed with Fuentes’ statement on the role of art in politics. “I’m an artist myself, concerned with the politics in my own country, Singapore,” said Judith S.Y. Huang ’09. “Fuentes understands the difficulty of this endeavor. He understands the methods...
...statement, SASC chairman Senator Carl Levin said the report "represents a condemnation of both the Bush Administration's interrogation policies and of senior Administration officials who attempted to shift the blame for abuse - such as that seen at Abu Ghraib, Guantánamo Bay and Afghanistan - to low-ranking soldiers...
...meantime, the White House's public comments on these issues have remained noticeably vague. Last week, before announcing the release of once classified interrogation-technique memos and reaffirming his opposition to prosecuting CIA agents for any harsh methods, Obama issued a statement saying he was determined to "protect information that is classified for purposes of national security." During an appearance at the CIA on Monday, Obama declared, "I have fought to protect the integrity of classified information in the past and I will do so in the future...