Treasury secretary: Wall Street rescue fund not permanent

Friday, May 22, 2009

WASHINGTON -- The Treasury intends to use bank repayments of government aid to continue assisting the financial sector, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told lawmakers Thursday even as he assured them the $700 billion rescue fund would not become a permanent financial bailout tool.

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