Timothy F. Geithner

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This book cover image released by Crown shows "Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises," by Timothy F. Geithner. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner's memoir will be released on May 13. (AP Photo/Crown)

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President Obama (center), accompanied by outgoing Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner (left), announces in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, that he will nominate current White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew (right) as the next secretary of the treasury. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, seen here Dec. 2 on CBS' "Face the Nation," probably won't step down until after all the budget issues that remain in the wake of the "fiscal cliff" deal are resolved. (Associated Press)

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President Obama (right) walks with Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner toward the Oval Office at the White House in Washington as he returns from speaking about the "fiscal cliff" at the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers, on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, center, departs after meeting with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 29, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, center, departs after meeting with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 29, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner (left) enters the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, to meet with House and Senate leaders to discuss the looming "fiscal cliff." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner enters the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, on his way to a meeting with House and Senate leaders to discuss the looming "fiscal cliff." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner enters the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Mr. Geithner is meeting with House and Senate leaders to discuss the looming "fiscal cliff." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner (third from right) talks with Myanmar Minister of Finance Hla Tun (right) and government officials from Cambodia, Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore during a meeting with Association of Southeast Asian nations finance ministers at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Honolulu in November 2011. Myanmar appeals to U.S. commercial ventures. (Associated Press)

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Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner confers frequently with European leaders, but the U.S. has limited leverage in the upcoming G-20 summit. (Associated Press)