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Henry Paulson

Henry Paulson, the US Treasury Secretary during the 2008 financial crisis, played a pivotal role in the government's actions. He, along with New York Fed Chairman Timothy Geithner, made the critical decision not to organize a bailout for Lehman Brothers, believing it was not systemically important enough due to its size.

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