<blockquote>Geithner says Kirk, a Republican, warned the Chinese that U.S. spending "was driving us toward default" and the Federal Reserve Bank was "creating hyperinflation."

"I couldn't believe it," Geithner writes. "Not only were those fears delusional, but he was undermining American interests on foreign soil.</blockquote>
via <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-timothy-geithner-book-mark-kirk-20140512,0,4446030.story">Geithner's new book rips Kirk on U.S. debt and China - chicagotribune.com</a>.