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...Summers and Timothy Geithner, two friends Obama named to lead his economic team. Geithner, 47, will leave his job as chief of the New York Federal Reserve to become Treasury Secretary. His mentor Summers, 54, who was Treasury boss for a year and a half under Bill Clinton, will move into the West Wing in January to take over the National Economic Council (NEC), the clearinghouse for all economic policy inside the Administration...
...some ways, it makes political sense to go slowly. Ever since 9/11, Obama's party has been squeamish about walking point on civil liberties out of fear that Republicans would wrap such a move around their necks at election time. And so, though civil libertarians may holler, the Obama team is likely to put the emphasis on national security as it begins to explore options for undoing the policies of the Bush-Cheney era. Here's a look at what the new President may seek to change and what he may leave in place...
...policy makers,” Frankel said. “But she’s got—besides her academic intelligence—all the other things you need.” Romer and her husband David H. Romer, both currently economics professors at Berkeley, were expected to move to Harvard last May. While Romer’s husband received a tenure offer from Harvard, the University did not extend a similar offer to the newly-appointed CEA chair—a decision which sparked much debate among economists in academic circles nationwide. “She?...
Monday’s move did not come without warning. At last week’s Faculty meeting, Smith suggested his intention to reduce costs by “pushing off” pending administrative hires for the current fiscal year ending in June 2009—a move that could save $10 million, he said. But with the Dean’s estimate of the budget shortfall for next fiscal year hovering around $200 million if external estimates prove accurate, cuts beyond the administration freeze may be necessary...
...bipartisan agreement may have resuscitated legislation that would extend federal student aid to some illegal aliens, according to media reports. “On immigration, there’s been an agreement between [President-elect Barack] Obama and [Senator John] McCain to move forward on that,” Senate Majority leader Harry Reid said in an interview with the Gannett News Service last weekend. Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, has pushed the Senate to enact comprehensive immigration reform in recent years. Last June, amid a fevered debate and nation-wide protests, the Senate failed to pass a massive immigration...