Obama Will Meet With Top Bank Execs

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 25, 2009 11:33 AM CDT
Obama Will Meet With Top Bank Execs
Top bank executives, on Capitol Hill.   (AP Photo)

Amid growing dissatisfaction with government restrictions on bailout funds, President Obama will meet with bank CEOs on Friday, Reuters reports. Several banks have indicated that they will repay their TARP loans to avoid new government rules. In the meeting with execs from Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and others, Obama will urge them to “look beyond our own short-term interests,” an aide said. (More President Obama stories.)

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