"That takes the pressure off the electric barrier and buys all of us some time in finding a long-term solution, " which could include some type of watershed separation, he said.

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Crisscrossing the country, responding to every type of disaster, Agoglia and his team understand the realities of separation all too well.

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On Jan. 21 the president proposed the "Volcker Rule, " named after former Fed chairman Paul Volcker, one of the biggest proponents of Glass-Steagall-type restrictions (although his current proposal--endorsed by the president--does not call for a separation of commercial and investment banking activities).

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