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Tuesday, Oct. 07, 2008

Open quoteYour company is now bankrupt, our economy is now in a state of crisis, but you get to keep $480 million. I have a very basic question for you: Is this fair?Close quote

  • HENRY WAXMAN,
  • chairman of the House Oversight Committee, questioning Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld over the bank's collapse last month
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