Mr.Obama also endorsed Geithner's request for power to seize financial institutions other than banks when they fail.

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The doctors work to clean the wound, but, as too often is the case, the lights and power fail.

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Fianna Fail was in power in the Republic continuously from 1997 to 2011, and was heavily involved in the Good Friday Agreement negotiations which helped to set up Northern Ireland's devolved administration at Stormont.

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There is of course nothing wrong or illegal in soliciting donations for a political party, but commentators agreed that the exchange was likely to damage Mr Gallagher's campaign, associating him with the "toxic" memories of the era when Fianna Fail was in power.

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