At last it won't be Geithner and a bunch of secretaries trying to fix a global financial mess. Neal Wolin is a top exec at Hartford Financial Group. So we have a guy that has a job in the business world. While Lael Brainard is a top egg-head at the Brookings Institution (that sure is an ugly picture of her, I think Brookings needs to spring for a better digital camera.) She seems to be a Ben Bernanke-type academic. I'm hoping both of these people have paid their taxes in full and are ready to hit the ground running.
Mr. Obama on Monday announced Neal Wolin as deputy treasury secretary. The White House also announced that Lael Brainard would be the department's top official for international affairs and that Stuart Levey would stay on as the top counter terrorism official.
Their appointments round out four of the five top jobs at treasury, if the Senate confirms them.
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