In addition to the Mount Whitney, U.S. ships under Odyssey Dawn included the Kearsarge and Ponce and the guided-missile destroyers USS Stout and USS Barry, along with logistics and refueling ships.

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Just Whitney (2002) went platinum in the U.S. but failed to sell 2 million copies, as did I Look To You (2009).

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And in the process, he managed to rehash the controversial role of Meredith Whitney in the municipal bond market so central to U.S. cities.

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The U.S. dollar rebounded after reputed U.S. banking analyst Meredith Whitney upgraded Goldman Sachs to "buy" and predicted a short-term gain of 15% in banking stocks.

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In April, total global debt underwriting fell by more than a quarter year-over-year, while total U.S. debt underwriting dropped by nearly a half, according to Whitney.

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