Geithner Hopes to End Bailout Fund.

Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said on Thursday that the government would end its $700 billion bailout program ''as soon as we can,'' and that part of it would be used to lower the federal debt. During a sometimes contentious Joint Economic Committee hearing that included one lawmaker calling on him to resign, Mr. Geithner was pressed to disclose the administration's plan for dealing with the unpopular financial rescue program. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]