AIG CEO Edward Liddy testifies before a US Congress committee hearing in this March 18, 2009 file photo at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. The top executive of bailed-out US insurer AIG told lawmakers on May 13, 2009 that "rampant, unwarranted criticism" of the troubled firm is hurting efforts to get the maxmimum value to repay taxpayers. Chairman and chief executive Edward Liddy said AIG had made "substantial progress" in selling off units and restructuring the firm, which was the world's biggest insurer and backed trillions of dollars in risky financial products. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

AIG CEO Edward Liddy testifies before a US Congress committee hearing in this March 18, 2009 file photo at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. The top executive of bailed-out US insurer AIG told lawmakers on May 13, 2009 that "rampant, unwarranted criticism" of the troubled firm is hurting efforts to get the maxmimum value to repay taxpayers. Chairman and chief executive Edward Liddy said AIG had made "substantial progress" in selling off units and restructuring the firm, which was the world's biggest insurer and backed trillions of dollars in risky financial products.

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  2. Pakistani Shiite Muslims carry a burning US flag as they shout slogans during a protest against the US Kerry-Lugar Bill in Karachi on October 9, 2009. Pakistan's parliament resumed debate on a massive US aid package after rifts opened up between the military and the government over strings attached to the funding. In an unusual public statement late October 7, top military commanders including the army chief said they had 'serious concerns' about the bill, which hinges some aid on hard-up Pakistan's efforts to battle Islamist extremism. US Congress last week voted to triple aid to Pakistan to 7.5 billion dollars over the next five years, part of US President Barack Obama's plan to battle militancy through development and fostering democratic institutions.
  3. A Pakistani Shiite Muslim man torches an US flag during a protest against the US Kerry-Lugar Bill in Karachi on October 9, 2009. Pakistan's parliament resumed debate on a massive US aid package after rifts opened up between the military and the government over strings attached to the funding. In an unusual public statement late October 7, top military commanders including the army chief said they had 'serious concerns' about the bill, which hinges some aid on hard-up Pakistan's efforts to battle Islamist extremism. US Congress last week voted to triple aid to Pakistan to 7.5 billion dollars over the next five years, part of US President Barack Obama's plan to battle militancy through development and fostering democratic institutions.
  4. A Pakistani Shiite Muslim man carries a burning US flag during a protest against the US Kerry-Lugar Bill in Karachi on October 9, 2009. Pakistan's parliament resumed debate on a massive US aid package after rifts opened up between the military and the government over strings attached to the funding. In an unusual public statement late October 7, top military commanders including the army chief said they had 'serious concerns' about the bill, which hinges some aid on hard-up Pakistan's efforts to battle Islamist extremism. US Congress last week voted to triple aid to Pakistan to 7.5 billion dollars over the next five years, part of US President Barack Obama's plan to battle militancy through development and fostering democratic institutions.
  5. The seat of US Representative Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina, remains empty on September 10, 2009 at the Congressional Oversight Committee at the US Capitol. Wilson yelled 'You lie' at US President Barack Obama on September 9 during his speech to the US Congress. Wilson has apologized for the remark.
  6. Vice President Joe Biden (L) talks with U.S. Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) (Top R) and U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) (Front R) before the start of U.S. President Barack Obama's health care reform speech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 9, 2009.
  7. White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers walks at the White House in Washington December 4, 2009. Representative Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) told NBC's "Today" show on Friday she believes Congress has a right to hear Rogers explain how uninvited couple, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, managed to gatecrash U.S. President Barack Obama's debut state dinner last week.
  8. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama dances with daughter Sasha as they walk from the Oval Office to a luau, or a Hawaiian feast, on the South Lawn of the White House for members of Congress and their families in Washington, June 25, 2009.
  9. FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 file photo, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, right, arrive at a State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington. Congress wants to talk to the husband and wife who slipped through security into last week's state dinner at the White House. But on the eve of the Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009 hearing by the House Homeland Security Committee about how they did it, Tareq and Michaele Salahi declined to show up for questions.
  10. Protestors hold signs behind Richard Fuld, Chairman and Chief Executive of Lehman Brothers Holdings, as he takes his seat to testify at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the causes and effects of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 6, 2008. Fuld told Congress on Monday that U.S. banking regulators knew exactly how Lehman was pricing its distressed assets and about its liquidity in the months before its collapse. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst.
  11. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (R) stands in front of Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) as they arrive for U.S. President George W. Bush's annual State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 23, 2007.
  12. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reacts as she takes the podium for the first time after she was elected the first ever female Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives on the first day of the 110th Congress in Washington January 4, 2007. REUTERS/Larry Downing.
  13. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Executive Board Member of Friends of Caritas Cubana Ignacio Sosa testifies before before the House Foreign Affairs Committee during a hearing on the travel ban for U.S. citizens to Cuba on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard from witnesses on both sides of the issue as Congress gears up for a battle over Cuba policy, with proponents saying they have their best chance in years of repealing the decades-old ban on U.S. tourist travel to the island.
  14. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Former Chief of Mission of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana James Cason testifies before before the House Foreign Affairs Committee during a hearing on the travel ban for U.S. citizens to Cuba on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard from witnesses on both sides of the issue as Congress gears up for a battle over Cuba policy, with proponents saying they have their best chance in years of repealing the decades-old ban on U.S. tourist travel to the island.
  15. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Former Cuban political prisoners Guillermo Estevez listens to testimony during a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the travel ban for U.S. citizens to Cuba on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard from witnesses on both sides of the issue as Congress gears up for a battle over Cuba policy, with proponents saying they have their best chance in years of repealing the decades-old ban on U.S. tourist travel to the island. Estevez, a pilot in the Cuban Air Force, was sentanced to 30 years in prison in 1959 by Fidel Castro's revolutionary government. He served 20 years of hard labor in 12 different prisons where he says he was tortured and isolated.
  16. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: In a break with many in his party, House Foreign Affairs Committee member Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) gives an opening statement about the need to lift the travel ban for U.S. citizens to Cuba on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard from witnesses on both sides of the issue as Congress gears up for a battle over Cuba policy, with proponents saying they have their best chance in years of repealing the decades-old ban on U.S. tourist travel to the island.

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