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Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.
Thursday, Jun. 25, 2009

Open quoteIt's time to yank the shroud off the Fed and shine some light on these events.Close quote

  • EDOLPHUS TOWNS,
  • Democratic Representative of New York, in his opening statement at a hearing of the House Oversight Committee; Towns and others accused Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke of putting pressure on Bank of America last December to merge with Merrill Lynch
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