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Candidates eye Warren Buffett as possible Treasury chief - Yahoo! News

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The two were asked at the beginning of their second presidential debate who would be a good replacement for current Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson who is standing down at the end of the current administration.

"I think the first criteria, would have to be somebody who immediately Americans identify with. Immediately say we can trust that individual," said McCain.

Buffett, chief of the Berkshire Hathaway holding company, has supported Obama in the race for the White House.

On March 14th 2008, this blog talked about how

It is being whispered that Barran Wolfet and his team members, Sorg Goros and Rim Joggers had played a major role in the enhancement of these gold stocks - and the formation of IMAR. Initially named as Global Financial Reserve Authority for Development, the IMAR idea was first tossed out over a dinner at the famous Les Ambassadeurs eatery - which offers a classic cuisine by the Ducasse-trained chef, Jean-François Piege.

This fraud may yet happen.

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My feeling is that there may be quid pro quo. Buffet, Jim Rogers and George Soros have been long and slowly accumulating bullion - and been short on dollar. Will they turn over gold to the Federal Reserve, to regain 'confidence' of the financial community - for an unnamed and an 'apparently' unlinked consideration.

Obviously, they have greater benefit, in making the current system drag for a few more decades than to collapse it completely.

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