Kashkari Speaks On TARP Program

Kashkari Speaks On TARP Program
WASHINGTON - JANUARY 13: Neel Kashkari, US Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability, discusses the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the federal government's $700 billion bailout program, in a forum at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business on January 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. In his remarks, Kashkari stressed the importance of banks lending money but noted that the Treasury will not make an attempt to force them to make loans. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Getty Images)