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Syron’s side of the story

Freddie Mac’s chief says mortgage-backer’s mission calls for taking risks

By Robert Gavin

 |  Globe Staff  

  August 06, 2008

Richard Syron built a career taking on and solving tough challenges. Now, as his career nears its end, the former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston faces serious questions of whether he can succeed one more time.

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