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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Jan 10, 2013, 10:18 AM Jan 2013

Obama To Officially Nominate Lew For Treasury Today

Source: TPM

President Barack Obama will formally nominate chief of staff Jacob Lew to serve as the next secretary of treasury at a 1:30 p.m. ET event today, the White House announced. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will be in attendance at the event, which will take place at the East Room of the White House.

In the announcement, the White House stressed Lew's track record in "tackling some of the toughest domestic and international economic challenges facing our nation in decades."

The announcement:

Jack Lew will bring an impressive record of service in both the public and private sectors for over three decades and economic expertise to this important role, and his deep knowledge of domestic and international economic issues will enable him to take on the challenges facing our economy at home and abroad on day one. Throughout his career, Jack Lew has proven a successful and effective advocate for middle class families who can build bipartisan consensus to implement proven economic policies.

As White House Chief of Staff, Jack Lew led the President’s team in tackling some of the toughest domestic and international economic challenges facing our nation in decades. That included strengthening our nation’s recovery from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression to dealing with serious fiscal matters and challenges in the global economy. He also led the Office of Management and Budget under President Clinton and President Obama, negotiating a historic agreement with Congress during the Clinton administration to balance the federal budget and leading the negotiations of the bipartisan Budget Control Act in 2011, which brought discretionary spending to historically low levels.


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Obama To Officially Nominate Lew For Treasury Today (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2013 OP
"The announcement" left something out. dotymed Jan 2013 #1
You got it. I'm starting to wonder does anyone research people plethoro Jan 2013 #2
I am sure he was thoroughly vetted dotymed Jan 2013 #3
Well said...I plethoro Jan 2013 #4

dotymed

(5,610 posts)
1. "The announcement" left something out.
Thu Jan 10, 2013, 10:56 AM
Jan 2013

"In June 2006, Lew was named chief operating officer of Citigroup's Alternative Investments unit, a proprietary trading group. The unit he oversaw invested in a hedge fund "that bet on the housing market to collapse."

Corporatism...fascism...

Amerika.....

 

plethoro

(594 posts)
2. You got it. I'm starting to wonder does anyone research people
Thu Jan 10, 2013, 11:30 AM
Jan 2013

anymore? Appointing Lew to Treasury is in equivalence of wrong as appointing Michelle Rhee to be principal of a high school. Lew will make Geithner look like the world's most honest man.

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