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Published 1/13/2009 by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney at CNN Political Ticker

Geithner is Obama's Treasury Secretary nominee. (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama's transition office defended Treasury Secretary-designee Tim Geithner Monday amid reports he failed to pay the correct amount of taxes for a period of time and employed a housekeeper whose work authorization had expired. "The President-elect chose Tim Geithner to be his Treasury Secretary because he's the [...] (link)

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