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NEWS RELEASE

Comptroller of the Currency

Administrator of National Banks

NR 2007-121


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Robert M. Garsson

October 30, 2007  

(202) 874-5770


OCC Chief of Staff Testifies Before House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee

WASHINGTON — Chief of Staff and Public Affairs John G. Walsh discussed the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s progress in promoting and preserving minority-owned financial institutions in testimony today before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Committee on Financial Services.

His oral and written statements are available on the OCC’s Web site at: http://www.occ.gov.


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