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The Obama administration engaged in a 'pattern' of approving loans that were not qualified to receive taxpayer money, says one Republican House chairman, calling the development as disturbing as the loss of millions of dollars given to bankrupt solar power company Solyndra.

Industry analysts and government auditors say the administration failed to take note of trouble already evident in the solar energy marketplace.

Leaders of a House subcommittee want to make the Obama administration answer for putting taxpayers on the hook for a half-billion-dollar loan to a now-bankrupt solar panel manufacturer. A hearing Wednesday will examine what went wrong ...