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Released: January 05, 2012
Obama appoints Cordray to head consumer watchdog bureau
Source: David Nakamura and Felicia Sonmez,Washington Post (Free Registration)
In a bold act of political defiance, President Obama installed Richard Cordray as head of a new consumer watchdog agency Wednesday, bypassing Republican opposition in the Senate that derailed his nomination last month.
Obama cast the move as an effort to protect the interests of middle-class Americans who have suffered as a result of the Great Recession, which stemmed in part from abuses in the financial system.
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