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Another Obama Treasury Pick Bites The Dust



Mar 12, 2009 5 Comments ›› Pat Dollard

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The Hill:

Treasury loses another pick in vetting process

By Ian Swanson

Another Treasury Department appointee has reportedly dropped out during the tough vetting process.

H. Rodgin Cohen, who was being vetted for deputy Treasury secretary, has pulled his name from the running, according to a report by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. Citing Democratic sources, Stephanopoulos wrote on his blog that Cohen dropped out over an “issue” that came up in the final stages of the vetting process.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is taking on the worst financial crisis in generations with a skeleton staff at his department, where no top aides have been appointed. Annette Nazareth, who was being vetted for the same position, dropped out of the process last week.

Geithner is the only Treasury official listed on his department’s website.

The vacancies could complicate Treasury’s domestic efforts, as well as its work to get international cooperation on solving the global financial crisis.

Obama did announce his intention to fill three key posts at Treasury on March 8. If confirmed, David Cohen would be the department’s assistant secretary on terrorist financing; Alan Krueger would be an assistant secretary on economic policy; and Kim Wallace would serve as assistant secretary for legislative affairs.

All three are now counselors to Geithner, who will be in London on Friday and Saturday for a meeting of international finance ministers.


  • deathstar

    Most incompetent transition ever.

  • 0311inOHio (I didn’t drink the kool-Aid)

    :evil: And those fucks, Liberal Dimwits, referred to the GOP as the culture of corruption! Where the fuck is my duct tape? My head is about to explode! :mad:

  • mike3481

    The “issue” may have been Geithner’s public comment about a “different kind of Capitalism”. :roll:

  • Billie

    Someone out there must be keeping count of Obama’s dropouts from the vetting process as compared to other administrations, Clinton’s included. Bet Ann Coulter has the answer.

  • Billie

    Someone out there must be keeping count of Obama’s dropouts from the vetting process as compared to other administrations, Clinton’s included. Bet Ann Coulter or Rush has the answer.