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Obama: Geithner's tax errors an 'innocent mistake'

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama and Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus said Timothy Geithner should be confirmed as Treasury secretary as Republicans moved to delay his hearing and weigh questions about his taxes.

Obama said yesterday his "expectation" is that Geithner will be approved by the Senate. Obama said while the errors in Geithner's taxes were an "embarrassment"...

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