'Overhaul' details rescue of U.S. automakers
The Washington Post: In one of the first detailed insider accounts by a member of President Obama's team, a chief architect of the federal bailouts for General Motors and Chrysler has penned a 300-plus page description of the policy improvisation performed by the administration as the economy swooned at the outset of the president's term.
Steve Rattner, the Wall Street financier and Democratic Party stalwart drafted to lead the automakers' rescue, had a front-row seat in some of the most important disputes within the... Read More
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