Timothy Geithner is making his international debut in Rome

hoping tim has a productive session here. alot of americans seem to think the bad financial market is an america/usa problem and cant seem to think beyond national borders. the "its all about me" mentality.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/14/g7.summit.tm/index.html

G7 ministers focus on stabilizing world economy

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