Posted on 08/07/2011 12:08:36 PM PDT by truthandlife
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has told President Barack Obama that he intends to stay on the job, Treasury said in a statement on Sunday afternoon.
"Secretary Geithner has let the president know that he plans to stay on in his position at Treasury," Assistant Treasury Secretary Jenni LeCompte said. "He looks forward to the important work ahead on the challenges facing our great country."
Geithner had indicated he might leave after a debt-limit increase was approved, but administration officials indicated that both Obama and the White House chief of staff had urged Geithner not to leave now.
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When your goal is to destroy a Nation, you’re going to keep the team together that is making that happen. Well done Timmy...I’m sure there’s a medal we can mint to give to you. Oh, I forgot. The medal is minted in China and we don’t hafve the money to buy it.
The government life is the bomb, I mean geezus, what other job can you have where you can frak up and still keep your job, if not get a promotion. =.=
Obama doesn't want the spectacle of Senate confirmation hearings for Geithner's replacement.
-PJ
Along with the pressure to appoint someone who is not a fanatical Keynsian.
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