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The job of Fed Chairman is one of the hardest in Washington. Every move is heavily scrutinized at home and around the world, not only at the moment rate decisions are made, but for years and decades afterward. The best we can hope for is someone who is wise but takes good advice from experts around them, exudes confidence and integrity, and who always keeps the country’s best interests front and center. Alan Greenspan was all of those things and more. I enjoyed my conversations, and occasional arguments, with him when I was President. My heart goes out to Andrea and everyone who loved him. We were lucky to have him as long as we did.