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Cerberus Collected Ex-Government Opportunists

How fitting that Dan Quayle, a bumbling excuse for a vice president of the United States, should end up as a top executive of a $20 billion private equity firm mired in controversy.

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Goldman Sachs CEO Nominated as Treasury Secretary

Finally, after months of hanging in the pink slip rumor mill, John Snow can move on.  The White House has named Henry M. Paulson as the newest Treasury secretary; here’s what we know according to the Washington Post and NYT:

  • He was reluctant to accept the job.
  • He worked in the Pentagon as a young man.
  • He “has been a Goldman Sachs executive since 1974, pulling down a compensation package in 2005 of $37 million.”
  • He is “a birdwatcher who can often be found in Central Park with his binoculars.”
  • Thank you mainstream media for your thorough profile of this very important man.

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