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Congress To Ask Liddy: "What Caused The Downfall Of AIG?"

Zachary Roth | April 27, 2009, 10:22AM

AIG CEO Ed Liddy has already testified once before Congress about his firm's starring role in the financial crisis. But it looks like he'll soon be doing so again.

Last week, Rep. Ed Towns -- who chairs the House Oversight Committee, which is probing the causes of the crisis -- sent a letter to Liddy inviting him to appear May 6th. Among the topics that Towns intends to cover, according to the letter: "What caused the downfall of AIG?" and "what has AIG done with its Federal financial assistance?"

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