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I returned home feeling renewed gratitude for the sacrifices of our troops.

Hank's statements were to some extent beside the point,

Although I still had lingering doubts, I agreed not to oppose a temporary ban.

and he excelled at the diplomacy required of him by Europe's crisis.

But testifying was easier than saying no to Barney.

offering advice to the administration and Congress when we thought we could be helpful.

I feared at the time that avoiding the firm's failure might only delay the inevitable. Today

Going to Congress with a proposal only to have it turned down would devastate market confidence.

During our conversation, I was surprised to learn of his affinity for Wagnerian opera.

But many voters evidently saw the issue as favoring irresponsible borrowers at the expense of the responsible.

he was graciously evasive and said he wasn't certain he would have done anything different and that I was "doing an excellent job.

There wasn't time to draw up new documents.

since Hank would be the one persuading Congress to act, his views deserved some deference.

Larry is known for being blunt, to put it mildly, and he seemed to be warning against rescuing Bear.

Greenspan had come to the same conclusion.

Once again, the president expressed his full support for us.

It soon became clear that, without outside help, Greece would default.

it accounted for only a tiny share of eurozone trade and investment.

commentary focused on the unfairness of bailing out Wall Street (a sentiment with which I agreed) rather than on what would have happened had we not acted.

In March 2003 I began a series of speeches on the topic.

In Hank's proposal, this broad role would fall to the Fed,

The principles in his speech seemed sensible and pragmatic to me.

also worried about possible spillover effects,

I took slight comfort from the fact that he hadn't said we had gone over the edge of our lawful power.