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Beware of Transition Leaks
Felix Salmon notes that if you read Saturday's Wall Street Journal , you would have expected the following individuals to be named today as key members of President-elect Obama's economic team: Peter Orszag as director of OMB Jacob Lew as chair of the National Economic Council Jason Furman as ...
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Beware of Transition Leaks
The Hollywood Liberal — Beware of Transition Leaks Felix Salmon notes that if you read Saturday’s Wall Street Journal , you would have expected the following individuals to be named today as key members of President-elect Obama’s economic team: However, not only were none of these individuals named today, the jobs as head of the NEC and CEA actually went to other individuals. Writes Salmon: “If I were Lew or Goolsbee I’d be furious at the WSJ report, and at whoever the sources were for it, because now they both look as though they had the jobs in question until someone better came along.” [image] [image] This entry was posted on Tuesday, November ...

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