White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said ordinary Americans would nevertheless appreciate the savings effort.

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"We appreciate the tremendous effort by the government to assure market stability, " Mr Pandit, who took the top job at Citigroup in January, said in a statement.

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While the evening may be competitive, contestant Price Manford said some of the fun was in spending time with fellow trivia fans who appreciate the amount of effort Mr. Kesner puts into his questions.

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And I very much appreciate the fact that he supports an effort that all of us should support in order to make America more safe.

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On the other hand, I like the phased-in approach, I respect the idea that through December 2010 the SEC will be open to input from all market participants, but, even more, I appreciate that the SEC made a timely effort to at least do something.

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But it showed a true effort by him to be just like the rest of us and I appreciate that.

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"He was bought as a young puppy quite expensively and the owners didn't appreciate he was going to take a lot of time and effort to become a well behaved dog, " he said.

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And the people of Kazakhstan who suffered a lot and who lost many lives in that tragedy, they appreciate that effort very much.

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