NPR 2012-01-05

President Obama is sidestepping the GOP opposition in Congress to appoint the head of a new consumer protection bureau. Today I'm appointing Richard as America's consumer watchdog. The President speaking about Richard Cordray in Ohio, where the nomin

NPR 2010-07-27

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