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WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary-designate Henry Paulson pledged Tuesday to review a once-secret program that allowed the government to access a massive international data base of financial information to catch terrorists financiers.
"If confirmed, I'll be all over it . . . and make sure I understand the law thoroughly," Paulson, a 32-year veteran of Wall Street, told the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing that touched on a wide range of topics.See the full content of this document
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Paulson to Review Financial Data Base
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., was upset that the administration did not brief the Senate Finance Committee on the terror-tracking program, which has stirred some concern among privacy advocates and some Democrats. Last week's public disclosure of the program's ...
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