Timothy Geithner

Geithner: Suskind Book Has No Basis In Reality

Susan Crabtree | September 19, 2011, 12:56PM

Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob J. Lew, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner strongly rejected the way he is depicted in "Confidence Men," Ron Suskind's new book on the Obama administration's economic policies and efforts to shore up the financial sector in the wake of the collapse.

"I haven't read this book, but -- to borrow a phrase -- I've lived the reality," Geithner told reporters at a White House press briefing Monday. "Reports about this book bear no resemblance to the reality we lived."

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