Bi-partisan panel begins inquiry into financial meltdown
The commission is co-chaired by Democrat Phil Angelides and Republican Bill Thomas, both from California, and its executive director is Thomas Greene, a high-profile California lawyer.
Four months after its creation, a congressionally appointed panel modeled after the 9/11 Commission and the Iraq Study Group is opening a 15-month investigation into the causes of last year's economy-crippling financial collapse.
The 10-member, bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission holds
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