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Obama: Geithner 'embarrassment' no bar for Cabinet (AP)

 

Published 1/15/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News

AP - President-elect Barack Obama labeled the tax problems of his choice for Treasury chief an embarrassment Wednesday, but said Timothy Geithner's "innocent mistake" shouldn't bar him from the post leading urgent efforts to revive the economy. Despite the controversy, Geithner's confirmation seemed all but sure — though not by Inauguration Day. (link)

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