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Geithner's tax troubles

January 16, 2009

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Few in Washington are betting against Timothy Geithner's eventual confirmation as US Treasury secretary, despite the news that he failed to pay $34,000 in federal taxes while he was a senior official at the International Monetary Fund. The economic situation is seen as too dire to let mere tax-prep paperwork deny the nation Geithner's reputedly brilliant financial mind. (Full article: 297 words)

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