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President-elect Obama has asked Eric Holder,former Deputy Attorney General (1997-2001),to head up the Justice Department in his upcoming administration. From 20 January to 02 February 2001 Mr. Holder served as Acting Attorney General. The formal vetting process is pending. Mr. Holder has been President-elect Obama’s senior legal adviser since late 2007 and was Read on… Robert Rubin,the former Treasury Secretary under President Clinton,has been mentioned as potentially reprising his role in the Obama administration. I profiled Mr. Rubin (along with others) last week,noting at the time: Just days before Rubin resigned as Treasury Secretary and joined Citigroup as a top advisor,Congress passed (and President Clinton Read on… The Contenders: –Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM,2003-present):Democratic Primary Candidate for President (2008);Secretary of Energy (1998-2001);United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1997-1998);US Representative from New Mexico (1983-1997);Staff,United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1975-1978);Staff,United States Department of State (1973-1975) - Read on… Picking a New Treasury Secretary:Balancing Culpability and Expertise This is the first post in an ongoing series highlighting potential Cabinet appointees for the Obama Administration. Future posts will follow the same form,first listing pertinent information from each individual’s CV,then analyzing the blend of pertinent past performance in other positions and Read on… As I mentioned yesterday,Tim has asked me to post on potential appointees to President-elect Obama’s Cabinet. I’d originally intended to simply run down a list with the likely contenders for each post and provide a small blurb about each,but in the process of researching potential Treasury heads,I decided there was simply too Read on… | ||||
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