1.0 link 132221 <![CDATA[Meet the $700 Billion Bailout Czar, Neel Kashkari]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-kall/meet-the-700-billion-bail_b_132221.html There is a new Czar in America -- the man who will be running the $700 billion budget bailout/rescue program -- assistant secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, Neel Kashkari.

Henry Paulson tapped the company he ran, Goldman Sachs, to hire 35 year old Kashkari, who started as a senior advisor. George W. Bush nominated him as assistant secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. The appointment was evaluated by the Senate Banking Committee in early June 2008 and approved...

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