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blogs.abcnews.com - 11/26/2008
Former Bush Budget Director Praises Obama's Pick for Job
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Former Rep. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, who served for several years as director of the Office of Management and Budget for President George W. Bush, today enthusiastically praised President-elect Obama's pick for the job, Peter Orszag, the current director of the...
Obama names new budget director, calls for spending review
cbc.ca - 11/25/2008
Obama names new budget director, calls for spending review
— cbc.ca — Barack Obama has named Peter Orszag as his pick for White House budget director, where he will... oversee a belt-tightening push the U.S. president-elect says is a "necessity." (more) Obama names new budget director, calls for spending review

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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 11/25/2008
What should Bush do now?
— meganmcardle.theatlantic.com — One thing that I haven't seen:  work more closely with Obama's transitional economics team than an outgoing... president usually does. Everything I've seen about Bush and the transition indicates that he has been entirely classy.  But right ... (more) What should Bush do now?

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washingtonmonthly.com - 11/25/2008
Obama's budget team
— washingtonmonthly.com — OBAMA'S BUDGET TEAM.... Yesterday, the president-elect introduced his economic team. This afternoon, Barack Obama returned to the... podium to announce his budget team: Peter Orszag as the director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Robert Nabors as the... (more) Obama's budget team

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The hope and change continues at OMB
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Paul McCartney famously remarked to his soon-to-be nemesis Allen Klein, “If you are screwing us, I don’t see how.”  Conservatives may have the same feeling about Barack Obama’s appointments, which have been notable for their Establishment, centrist bent after a campaign of Leftist populism.  The latest headscratcher comes at the Office of Management and Budget in the selection of Peter Orszag, who got praise from conservative stalwart Rob Portman , one of his predecessors: Former Rep. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, who served for several years as director of the Office of Management and ...

Remainders: Volker
Ben Smith's Blog — Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau, to nobody's surprise, goes to the White House. Portman likes Orszag. Al Kamen reports on a Bayh staffer's move to transition, and says you should have been nicer to him. In other transition news you weren't following: McGinty is out. A Cleveland councilman wants to name a school after Obama, already. Huck is robocalling for his book tour. The National Republican Trust PAC is back, in Georgia. Obama's going to London. (Next spring.) ...

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