Thursday, December 18, 2008

Obama Will Appoint Fed Governor


Another busy morning for Obama with a presser at 1045a EST. Obama taking more questions, the teevee pundits bitching he's not taking enough questions. Your liberal media! Via Taegan-

In addition to naming Mary Schapiro to head the SEC at today's press conference, President-elect Obama plans to appoint economic adviser Dan Tarullo to an open seat on the Federal Reserve Board, Bloomberg reports.

Tarullo, a professor at Georgetown, held several key economic posts in the Clinton administration.

Obama is also expected to name Gary Gensler, a former Treasury Undersecretary, to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

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