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What Caused Bailout Talks To Break Down?

The White House meeting on the proposed $700 billion bailout fell apart Thursday. The talks included John McCain, Barack Obama and congressional leaders. Jason Furman, an economic adviser to Obama, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who advises McCain, talk with Steve Inskeep and Linda Wertheimer about what happened to cause the meeting to break down.

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