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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Housing plan bolsters Fannie, Freddie: Geithner

MESA, Arizona | Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:03pm EST

MESA, Arizona (Reuters) - The Obama administration's plan to reduce mortgage payments for struggling homeowners is expected to help mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday.

"Fannie and Freddie believe that the program we announced -- this refinancing program -- is economically sensible for them and will leave them overall in a better position going forward," Geithner told reporters.

(Reporting by Caren Bohan)

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