portfolio.com - 11/24/2008
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On Saturday, the WSJ knew exactly who would be joining Tim Geithner in Barack Obama's economic team:
Congressional Budget Office director Peter Orszag will be Mr. Obama's budget director. Jacob Lew, a former Clinton budget director, will head the White House's National Economic Council. ...
Summers to Be Top White House Economic Adviser at NEC
blogs.abcnews.com 11/22/2008 — ABC News has learned that President-elect Obama has decided to name former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers the director of the National Economic Council, essentially the president's senior economic adviser. Part of the Executive Office of the ...
Obama rolls out economic team —
BlueOregon
This morning, President-elect Barack Obama announced his first appointments: Tim Geithner as Treasury Secretary, Larry Summers as Director of the National Economic Council, Christina Romer as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors; and Melody Barnes as Director of the Domestic Policy ...
Transition News 11/24 —
The Stump
Obama officially introduces his economic
team .
On the economic team, Rubinomics
rules -with adjustments. Bush tax
cuts might remain in place until 2011.
WSJ asks, will Obama reappoint Bernanke ?
Politico assesses
the pending confirmation hearings for Geithner and Summers.
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Obama to officially announce economic team this morning —
Daily Kos
Via Reuters , President-Elect Obama today intends to make official the word that's been coming down since last last week about his choices for Treasury and the National Economic Council: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will announce the members of his economic team at a ...
More top jobs —
Ben Smith's Blog
Jake Tapper first reports that Christina Romer, a Berkeley economic historian, will chair the Council of Economic Advisers, and Andrea Mitchell reports that Jim Steinberg, the Clinton campaign national security advisor, will likely be Deputy Secretary of State.
Also, per the campaign, ...
Obama Will Introduce Economic Team —
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden will hold a press conference on Monday morning in Chicago to officially announce members of their economic team. Expected in attendance: Tim Geithner , Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers , Chair of the National Economic Council Bill ...
Summers To Head NEC, Draft Stimulus —
Open Left - Front Page
While Larry Summers did not become Treasury Secretary, it doesn't feel like a victory given the enormous power he has been granted anyway :
President-elect Barack Obama will name former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers the director of his National Economic Council, placing the Harvard ...
Summers —
Suburban Guerrilla
Looks like the rumors that Summers will be the next Fed chairman after Bernanke’’s term expires were true:
President-elect Barack Obama will name former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers the director of his National Economic Council, placing the Harvard University economist he passed ...
In the Year Twenty Twenty-five —
Daily Kos
One of the charges of the National Intelligence Council is to make predictions about the shape of things to come. Yesterday, they stopped peering into the crystal ball long enough to give us their appraisal of the world of 2025. U.S. economic and political clout will decline over the next two ...
Geithner Picked as Treasury Secretary —
Calculated Risk
From the WSJ: Obama to Pick Geithner as Treasury Secretary Mr. Obama plans to introduce his entire economic team early next week, hoping to sooth the roiling financial markets and answer rising pressure on the president-elect to become more involved. For more on NY Fed President Tim Geithner, ...
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