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CFR corporate members get lion's share of bailout funds.(Inside Track)(The Council on Foreign Relations)(Brief article)

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The Council on Foreign Relations, the establishment powerhouse, is well funded by corporate members. And many of those entities have also been major beneficiaries of TARP, TALF, and Fed bailouts. Among the "Founders," those who give $100,000 or more to the CFR, can be found:

* American Express Company: $3.389 billion TARP

* Goldman Sachs: $10 billion TARE plus a separate Federal Reserve bailout and more than $13 billion of the allotment to AIG (below)

* Merrill Lynch: $45 billion through its corporate parent, Bank of America, which is also a CFR Premium corporate member, plus $6.8 billion of AIG's bailout funds

"President's Circle" CFR members ($60,000 or more to the CFR):

* American International Group (AIG): $182 billion in total TARP/TALF funds to date

* Citibank: $50 billion TARP

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