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...matter until Friday.) Tuesday night, Obama issued a statement saying he had seen the I.G. report and directed Treasury Secretary Jack Lew "to hold those responsible for these failures accountable."The response to the deep-dive into AP...
...and the growing number of skeptics observing this administration should note that the president did fire via his Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller, who, reports indicate, was aware of the agency's probes...
...can roll over maturing debt. Borrowers may very well demand a higher rate of interest, especially if Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner raise the specter of default, as they did in 2011.Issuing such a threat is irresponsible and...
...in the East Room. McDonough, 43, will take over the key West Wing role from Jack Lew, Obama's nominee for Treasury secretary. McDonough has advised Obama on foreign policy for nearly a decade and most recently served as the president's...
...will give Obama's team a new look in his second term. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Panetta and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner are departing and in addition to LaHood, the heads of the Interior and Labor departments also...
...the wealthy.At the beginning of the second Reagan administration, the president outsourced economics to his new Treasury secretary, Jim Baker, and his deputy, Richard Darman. Over a year and a half, they brilliantly negotiated a tax-reform...
...and Obama agree that too much debt is bad. But although President Bush at first seemed against debt and his first Treasury Secretary, Paul O'Neill, really was, Cheney convinced President Bush that Reagan proved deficits didn't matter. O'Neill...
...where they are empty.The hyperventilating over the March employment report is really much ado about nothing. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said as much when he was dispatched to the Sunday morning talk shows - not on April 8 but on April...
...on additional spending cuts at least as large as the increase in the ceiling. Speaking to the same gathering, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner warned that another round of brinkmanship would be irresponsible and expressed hope that Congress...
...a rush of outgoing staffers, likely to include Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner.The Obama advisers I spoke with say the White House expects the next Treasury secretary to be a point person in the fiscal negotiations...