2 Points

Last But Not Least: Obama to Tap Volcker (www.truthdig.com)

After a series of depressing announcements, Barack Obama will finally turn to an economic advisor who wasn’t directly responsible for the current crisis or mentored by someone who was...

Tags: tmc,barack obama,cabinet,paul volcker,economic recovery advisory board

Submitted about 1 month ago by cdoherty on Cabinet | 0 Comments |

2 Points

A critical look under the hood at Obama's most likely cabinet picks (www.flickr.com)

Tuesday’s celebration hangovers have finally started to wear off, and the pieces are beginning to fall into place. Change will be coming to Washington in January, but it is difficult to decipher... More

Tags: barack obama,cabinet,rahm emanuel,chief of staff,paul volcker,secretary of treasury,robert rubin,secretary of defense,richard holbrooke

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2 Points

Speculation About Obama Cabinet Underway (www.usnews.com)

As President-elect Obama goes about the business of putting together his Administration, speculation about his top choices is finding its way onto media reports. What follows is a digest from this... More

Tags: barack obama,presidency,president,cabinet,treasury secretary,candidates,advisers,wall street,lawrence summers,timothy geithner,robert rubin,paul volcker,clinton administration

Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding on Cabinet | 0 Comments |

2 Points

After Victory, Real Work Begins For Obama, As Congratulations Pour In, President-Elect Faces Challenges At Home And Abroad (www.cbsnews.com)

As Americans and the world absorbed his history-shattering achievement as the first black leader ascending to the U.S. presidency, Barack Obama turns to the task of building an administration to deal... More

Tags: barack obama,cabinet,administration,rahm emanuel,chief of staff,warren buffet,robert rubin,paul volcker

Submitted 2 months ago by cdoherty on Cabinet | 0 Comments |

6 Points

Next Treasury boss must be thrifty diplomat (www.reuters.com)

President-elect Barack Obama's Treasury secretary must be a regulator, diplomat, defender of the dollar and master of depleted coffers, all while figuring out how to escape a nasty recession. The... More

Tags: secretary of treasury,timothy geithner,larry summers,barack obama,cabinet,paul volcker

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2 Points

Obama Under Pressure To Pick Treasury Secretary Quickly (www.huffingtonpost.com)

President-elect Barack Obama may feel some pressure to pick a new Treasury Secretary very quickly. BloggingStocks suggest that if the Obama picks a Treasury Secretary, he might do well to work with...

Tags: barack obama,cabinet,secretary of treasury,jon corzine,larry summer,timothy geithner,paul volcker

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8 Points

Obama plans his Cabinet to make lightning transition in 'most important transfer of power since U.S. Civil War' (www.dailymail.co.uk)

Barack Obama will line up his White House Cabinet later today to make a lightning transition from the deeply unpopular lame duck Bush administration. Former Republican secretary of state Colin... More

Tags: barack obama,cabinet,colin powell,john podesta,robert rubin,larry summers,paul volcker,timothy geithner,john kerry

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