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The President had a twofer. Besides his Afghanistan speech, he also met with the chief executives of a dozen major banks. NBC's Savannah Guthrie and CBS' Bob Schieffer mentioned the bankers in passing, Schieffer as part of his promotion for his pre-taped Face the Nation interview with Barack Obama on Sunday morning. From New York, ABC's Betsy Stark covered Obama's "olive branch" to the bankers whose bonuses he had castigated. "The administration is aware that it cannot accomplish its ambitious agenda for reviving the economy" without the banks, Stark mused. Specifically the President needs them to agree to modify mortgages and to sell assets deemed toxic. An unidentified banker told Stark that the talks were "candid and straightforward…We were not all sitting around the table singing Kumbaya."
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