U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012.  REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov  (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan as part of the 25th annual Fleet Week celebration in New York, May 23, 2012.  REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY ANNIVERSARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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Paulson seeks second $350 billion in bailout funds

WASHINGTON | Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:55am EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Friday that government loans to Detroit automakers will prevent "significant disruption" to the U.S. economy and called on Congress to release a second $350 billion tranche of bailout funds.

Paulson, in a statement following the White House's announcement of up to $17.4 billion in loans for General Motors Corp., Chrysler LLC and Ford Motor Co., said the first $350 billion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program funds was effectively exhausted.

"It is clear, however that Congress will need to release the remainder of the TARP to support financial market stability. I will discuss that process with the congressional leadership and the president-elect's transition team in the near future," he said.

(Reporting by David Lawder, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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