Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair,who oversaw the Good Friday negotiations, says Kennedy was a "true public servant committed to the values of fairness and opportunity."

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But I think he should have seen it coming,". In congressional testimony, Bernanke has placed much of the blame for the 2008 financial meltdown on lax governmental regulation of banks and other entities as authorized by Congress, rather than the monetary policy he oversaw.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24