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by David Kurtz
03.02.09 | 4:48 am

You’d think serving on Elizabeth Warren’s TARP oversight board would be reason enough for former Sen. John Sununu (R-NH) not to also take a seat on the board of a subsidiary of Bank of New York Mellon — which is itself a recipient of TARP funds and was hired by Treasury to administer the TARP program.

But, alas, no.

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