Obama Reportedly Considering "right up to the edge of evil" guy For Commerce Secretary

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Obama Said to Consider Kindler, Schmidt for Commerce Secretary
March 10, 2011, 12:04 AM EST

March 10 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama may look to the business community for his next secretary of Commerce with former Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Kindler and Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt among potential candidates, according to a person familiar with the process.

Ron Kirk, who has had a leading role in pressing the administration’s trade agenda as U.S. trade representative, also is a contender for the job, according to another person. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because the search is in preliminary stages.

The post is coming open because the president said yesterday that he is nominating the current secretary, Gary Locke, to be the U.S. ambassador to China. Locke would replace Jon Huntsman, whose resignation is effective April 30.

“The president will consider a range of qualified candidates, but we are at a very early stage in the process and no decisions have been made,” said Jen Psaki, an administration spokeswoman.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-03-10/obama-said-to-consider-kindler-schmidt-for-commerce-secretary.html

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