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Summers to Head Economic Council
online.wsj.com - 11/23/2008
Summers to Head Economic Council
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Former Clinton Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers will be Obama's top White House economic aide, joining Timothy Geithner in heading the new administration's economic team.
change.gov - 11/24/2008
Geithner, Summers among key economic team members announced today
— change.gov — Chicago -- President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden officially announced key members of their economic... team today, naming Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury and Lawrence Summers as Director of the National Economic ... (more) Geithner, Summers among key economic team members ...

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blogs.abcnews.com - 11/22/2008
Summers to Be Top White House Economic Adviser at NEC
— blogs.abcnews.com — 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 ... (more) Summers to Be Top White House Economic Adviser at NEC

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politico.com - 11/24/2008
Berkeley economist to head Obama economic council
— politico.com — President-elect Obama plans to name Christina Romer  to chair his Council of Economic Advisers, aides said.... (more) Berkeley economist to head Obama economic council

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DownWithTyranny!:  When Will Obama Officially Go From Being One Of Us To One Of Them?

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When Will Obama Officially Go From Being One Of Us To One Of Them?
DownWithTyranny! — ... Right now that's just a trial balloon, a big one, but I'm guessing it will soon turn many of us unsolicited Obama supporters from skeptics to opponents. Different straws will break different backs. Some already turned away from him in disgust when he named reactionary corporatist Larry Summers the director of the National Economic Council, someone who, no doubt, urged this decision on him. Oh well... We shouldn't be surprised that we get middle-of-the-road policies from an avowed middle-of-the-road candidate.

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Goolsbee out at CEA?
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com 11/21/2008 — I'm flabbergasted.  If true, this is a bloody embarassment: Chicago economist Austan Goolsbee -- once the chief economic adviser to candidate Barack Obama -- may be less of a shoo-in to chair Obama's White House Council of Economic Advisers than ...
Obama Announces His Economic Team
balloon-juice.com 11/26/2008 — And while I have little clue who most of them are, I feel duty bound as a blogger to express my shock that his choices are not progressive/moderate/conservative enough, and I will do my best to write a hysterical 2,000 word post saying that if he ...
Analysts praise choice of Orszag and Nabors — Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team | Blog
Following President-elect Barack Obama's announcement today of two more members of his economic team, analysts and congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle are calling the selections "excellent." The Washington Post calls Peter Orszag, Director-designate of the White House Office of ...
Full video of today's Obama economic statement and answers — Top of the Ticket
Here's fresh news video of the president-elect today naming two more budget officials, one another Clintonite, and calmly outlining his priorities. Not about big government or small government, he says, but about "smarter government." Very carefully rolling out his economic program ...
Two More for the Economic Brain Trust — The Stump
Obama tapped two more members of his economic team today. As rumored, Peter Orszag, current director of the Congressional Budget Office, will head the White House Office of Management and Budget. His deputy will be Rob Nabors, who currently serves as staff director for the House ...
Full video of Barack Obama's economic team presentation — Top of the Ticket
Here's the full video of President-elect Barack Obama's presentation of his economic team today in Chicago via WGN-TV. --Andrew Malcolm Speaking of economics, there is no fee f or registering here to receive cellphone alerts of each new Ticket item.
Obama taps Berkeley professor as senior economist (Christina Romer) — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]Reuters (via Yahoo)[/b] [div class="excerpt"]WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Christina Romer, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, as the head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, a Democratic source told Reuters on ...
Ticket Tips: What's coming today--Obama's economic team — Top of the Ticket
A triple set of news videos to start a fresh week, including an unusual honor for president-elect Barack Obama -- they're naming things after him already, weeks before he even takes the oath of office. First, what's going to happen today at 9 a.m. Pacific: Obama will name his economic ...
Obama Economic Team Starts to Take Shape — The Page by Mark Halperin
Politico: Richardson will be named commerce secretary, subject to final vetting, and former Clinton treasury secretary Larry Summers will be White House economic adviser. Both expected to be named Monday -- along with Geithner as Treasury Secretary -- when Obama personally rolls out his ...
Summers to Be Top White House Economic Adviser at NEC — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
Source: [b]ABC News[/b] 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 President, the NEC was ...
Economic advisers are heavyweight quantities (Politico) — Yahoo! News: Politics News
Politico - CHICAGO — President Elect Barack Obama selected a Mr. Defense and a Mr. Offense for his economic team Monday,  picking Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury and Lawrence Summers as director of the ...