President Barack Obama will appoint a new director Gene Sperling and the National Economic Council (NEC, for its acronym in English) and Chief Economist American leader. Sperling is not new in this position, he held between late 1996 and 2000 during Bill Clinton's second term. In addition, reports quoting sources from the White House, Obama will also promote Jason Furman as number two of this body.
Sperling, who replaced Larry Summers, is considered an expert in combating the deficit, one of the priority tasks on the agenda of Obama with job creation. The changes are part of the renovations that the president is doing in his cabinet to address the second part of its mandate. The ultimate goal of this process is prepared to face a much greater presence Congress Republican with an eye toward reelection in 2012.
Obama is expected to confirm the appointment during a speech this afternoon in Maryland. The main function of the director of this council is to coordinate economic policy in all their administrations and has great influence on the decisions made at the White House. Yesterday, the president chose another former Clinton adviser and chief executive of JP Morgan Chase, William Daley, as head of his cabinet in place of Rahm Emanuel.
In addition to these three names, Obama will show his willingness to promote Katharine Abraham to the Council of Economic Aserores the White House as deputy director Heather Higginbottom Budget Office.
President Barack Obama will appoint a new director Gene Sperling and the National Economic Council (NEC, for its acronym in English) and Chief Economist American leader. Sperling is not new in this position, he held between late 1996 and 2000 during Bill Clinton's second term. In addition, reports quoting sources from the White House, Obama will also promote Jason Furman as number two of this body.Sperling, who replaced Larry Summers, is considered an expert in combating the deficit, one of the priority tasks on the agenda of Obama with job creation. The changes are part of the renovations that the president is doing in his cabinet to address the second part of its mandate. The ultimate goal of this process is prepared to face a much greater presence Congress Republican with an eye toward reelection in 2012.
Obama is expected to confirm the appointment during a speech this afternoon in Maryland. The main function of the director of this council is to coordinate economic policy in all their administrations and has great influence on the decisions made at the White House. Yesterday, the president chose another former Clinton adviser and chief executive of JP Morgan Chase, William Daley, as head of his cabinet in place of Rahm Emanuel.
In addition to these three names, Obama will show his willingness to promote Katharine Abraham to the Council of Economic Aserores the White House as deputy director Heather Higginbottom Budget Office.
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