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      <excerpt>WASHINGTON 
The Obama administration faces a highly skeptical Congress and an angry public if the foundering condition of the nation&#8217;s banks requires yet another massive infusion of taxpayer money.
The new president&#8217;s economic team, lawmakers say, must</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>In his first interview as Vice President, Joseph Biden told CBS News' Bob Schieffer that he does not see his role to be &quot;deputy president.&quot; Rather, said he hopes to be a &quot;confidant, advisor and essentially the last guy in the room when .</excerpt>
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