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        <title><![CDATA[Neil Barofsky - Partner]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Neil Barofsky was the special inspector general of the Troubled Asset Relief Program from 2008 to 2011 and is the author of "Bailout," his account of that experience. He is currently a partner at Jenner & Block LLP.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why the Small-Business Bailout Went to the Big Guys]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The watchdog for the flawed 2008 Troubled Asset Relief Program explains how things went wrong again.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:00:40 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on April 21, 2020. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Big Bailouts Need Fierce Watchdogs]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Congress should make sure that strong oversight bodies are monitoring the coronavirus relief programs. A 2008 crisis veteran remembers what went wrong (and right).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2020 18:27:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Precisely.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Treasury Takes a Stand for Transparency]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Its "customer due diligence" rule isn't perfect, but it'll make it harder for scoundrels to find safe haven in U.S. banks.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Neil Barofsky]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2016 12:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Flowers on a tree bloom near the Treasury Department building in Washington, DC on March 10, 2016.  / AFP / Andrew Caballero-Reynolds        (Photo credit should read ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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