Former Fed Chair Bernanke takes stand in AIG bailout trial
October 09, 2014 at 14:10 PM EDT
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke took the stand on Thursday to defend the U.S. government's bailout of American International Group in 2008, in a fourth day of testimony by former top government officials looking to convince a federal judge that the rescue of the insurance company was legal.