UPDATE 1-Geithner: NY Fed unsure until last minute about AIG loan
October 08, 2014 at 19:23 PM EDT
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner defended the 2008 bailout of American International Group Inc for a second day on Wednesday, struggling at times to respond to increasingly contentious questions about the government's efforts to rescue the insurance company as it stood minutes from bankruptcy.