US bailout money went to overseas banks

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Billions of dollars in U.S. rescue funds wound up in big banks in France, Germany and other nations.

The U.S. program aimed to stabilize the financial system by injecting money into as many banks as possible, including those with substantial operations overseas.

Most other countries, by contrast, focused their efforts more narrowly on banks in their nations that usually lacked major U.S. operations.

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