The President of the United States, Barack Obama, decided to appoint William Daley, a former minister of Bill Clinton, near Wall Street, as Secretary General of the White House. According to senior U.S. officials, the appointment should be made official Thursday, January 6, Obama has scheduled an announcement regarding the "personal" from the White House at 14 h 30 (19 h 30 GMT).As Secretary General, right-hand man of Mr. Obama, Mr. Daley will rule on the famous "West Wing", the West Wing of the White House staffed the President's closest aides. He succeeds Pete Rouse, who assured the interim following the departure early October 2010, Rahm Emanuel, who ran for mayor of Chicago.
Mr. Daley, 62, currently serves on the governing bodies of the large bank JP Morgan Chase, was born into a powerful political dynasty of Chicago electoral stronghold Obama: his older brother, Richard Daley, was mayor from 1989 to the largest city in Illinois, and their father, was the elected official from 1955 to his death in 1976.
A lawyer by training - he graduated from Loyola University and John Marshall - Mr. Daley had served as commerce secretary during Bill Clinton's second term, from 1997, before heading for the second half of 2000 campaign Presidential Vice President Al Gore. After the victory over the Republican George W.
Bush, M. Daley is recycled in the financial sector and industry: he is vice-president of an investment company, then president of the telecommunications company before joining CBS in 2004 the bodies of the largest U.S. bank, JP Morgan Chase . The selection of Mr. Daley seems to signal a willingness of Obama to open a new era in its relations with Wall Street, less than a year after he criticized the bankers "fat" and have unsuccessfully proposed to tax them on behalf their responsibility in economic crisis.
Mr. Daley, the profile of centrist, is also credited with extensive experience as a negotiator, an asset which should prove valuable in the next two years to face a House of Representatives dominated by Republican opponents of Mr. Obama.
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