usnews.com - 11/26/2008
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The reputations of Paulson and Bernanke are dented. But his is shinier than ever. Weird.
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 11/21/2008
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com —
From Chuck Todd and Andrea MitchellNBC News has
learned that the president-elect is preparing to roll out...
his economic team on Monday -- and will personally announce the team and answer questions -- part of an effort to reassure markets. ...
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Geithner likely to be Treasury Secretary
bloomberg.com - 12/4/2008
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bloomberg.com —
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Timothy Geithner , President-elect
Barack Obama 's choice for U.S. Treasury Secretary, is...
seeking to push Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair out of office. Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New ...
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Geithner May Seek to Push Bair Out After Clashes During ...
online.wsj.com - 11/21/2008
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online.wsj.com —
New York Fed President Timothy J. Geithner is
to be nominated Treasury secretary by Obama, according to...
a person close to the transition process.
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Obama Taps Geithner for Treasury
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JAMES PETHOKOUKIS: Timothy Geithner: Obama’s Teflon Treasury Secretary. Pethokoukis has a question…
Instapundit —
... JAMES PETHOKOUKIS: Timothy Geithner: Obama’s Teflon Treasury Secretary. Pethokoukis has a question: “Mr. Geithner, the job of the New York Fed is to — now I am quoting its own web site — ’supervise and regulate financial institutions in the Second District [Wall Street]. Its primary objective is to maintain safe and competitive U.S. and global banking systems.’ You have been in your current post since 2003 and during that time the U.S. financial system has come close to complete disintegration. Why do you deserve a promotion?” ...
Obama: Le change, c’est moi
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... He has The Vision. It’s just that The Vision happens to involve lots and lots of Clinton appointees, with an occasional Bush appointee and negligent Wall Street supervisor tossed in. The best part of this clip? His ode to … Beltway experience. “Change” is a nuanced concept indeed, my friends.
Obama: Change Means Clinton/Bush Appointees And “Beltway Experience”
Say Anything —
... Here’s Obama awkwardly trying to explain how appointing Clinton/Bush administration members (and negligent Wall Street types) to his cabinet represents “change.” ...
Change? Not so much
BatesLine —
... has a clip of President-elect Obama's press confference, in which he was asked about the number of retreads from the Clinton administration that he's appointing to his own cabinet: [Obama] has The Vision. It's just that The Vision happens to involve lots and lots of Clinton appointees, with an occasional Bush appointee and negligent Wall Street supervisor tossed in. ...
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newsweek.com 2/5/2009 — THE BIG MONEY The Senate Whisperer 1/22/2009 12:00:00 AM Timothy Geithner knows how to listen. Barack Obama's nominee for treasury secretary couldn't have been more polite as he sat through his confirmation hearing Wednesday. The get-together was a ...
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reuters.com 1/26/2009 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Monday backed Timothy Geithner to be Treasury secretary, setting aside misgivings about his failure to pay some taxes in light of his experience battling the financial crisis. Geithner, 47, was expected to be sworn ...
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nytimes.com 1/31/2009 — President-elect Barack Obama with his choice for Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, in Washington early this month.
Treasury consulting Obama team on credit plans —
Reuters: Politics 11/26/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will need a variety of programs to deal with troubled credit markets and is open to feedback from the incoming Obama administration in developing them, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Wednesday.
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