SENATE COMMITTEE EXAMINES EXCHANGE RATE
Treasury Secretary John Snow appears before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee to discuss the international exchange rate during a hearing on October 30, 2003 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Of major concern to the Committee was how domestic jobs were threatened by possible Chinese and Japanese manipulation of the U.S. dollar. (UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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