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The White House used the front page of Monday's Washington Post to cashier a Cabinet member. A story headlined "Bush to Change Economic Team" said: "One senior administration official said Treasury Secretary John W. Snow can stay as long as he wants, provided it is not very long." Obviously the office will need filling before "very long." The president should fill it with Alan Greenspan. He has headed the Federal Reserve System under four presidents — since August 1987. Now he is needed elsewhere. Having been in Washington most of the 30 years since he became chairman of President Gerald...

Treasury Nominee Snow Had 1982 DUI ChargeTue January 21, 2003 09:43 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House acknowledged on Tuesday that Treasury Secretary nominee John Snow had been arrested in 1982 on a driving-under-the-influence charge and had a 1988 child support dispute with his wife but said it would stand by him for the position. "Both of the facts were known to the White House and we provided them to the Senate and the president looks forward to the hearings on Treasury-designate Snow and believes he will make an outstanding secretary," said White House spokesman Ari Fleischer. "This...