By Emily Flitter - Reuters

Eileen Foster beamed as she accepted an award at the National Press Club in Washington for blowing the whistle on mortgage fraud at Countrywide Financial, but told the crowd she was deeply disappointed.

Foster, who was fired from her position as head of mortgage fraud investigations for Countrywide after uncovering evidence of fraud and urging a wider inquiry, said not enough has changed in the U.S. financial system.

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