Overhaul by Steven Rattner

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overhaulAn InsIders Account o the

obAmA AdmInIstrAtIons emergency

rescue o the Auto Industry

s t e v e nr a t t n e r


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C 2010

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ISBN 978-0-547-44321-8

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338.476292220973 22 2010033188

Book design by Melissa Lotfy

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Contents

Cast of Characters ix

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2. T O 20

3. M. G W 43

4. F** AW 67

5. , , 82

6. T W 100

7. T ? 115

8. J T 143

9. C L M 160

10. W W 18211. E 211

12. 246

13. T C Ex 270

E 296

Note on Sources 316Acknowledgments 317

Index 320


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