Bush Absent on Financial Crisis as Paulson Leads

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Source: Bloomberg

This week, President George W. Bush held a state dinner for Ghana's president, surveyed Texas hurricane damage, posed with Youth of the Year award finalists, and met with Army General David Petraeus.

During that time, Bush has publicly uttered 160 words about the worst Wall Street crisis since the Great Depression, saying the government is working to ``reduce disruptions'' in U.S. financial markets. ...

... ``The country is facing an economic 9/11,'' said Leon Panetta, former chief of staff for President Bill Clinton. ``To deal with that kind of situation, the president has to take charge and tell the country not only what is going on, but what he is going to do about it. You can't just leave it to the secretary of the Treasury.'' ...

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