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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGood news, suckers... er, citizens. A lady on the Fed board!
Not the Fed Chair... on the board. (When facepalm isn't enough. The the problem with Larry Summers is not that he isn't a woman. It is that he is Larry Summers.)
White House considers top female Treasury official for post at Federal Reserve, reports say
Nomination could help quell concerns over diversity at the top
The White House is considering nominating a top female official at the Treasury Department to fill one of the vacant seats at the Federal Reserve, according to two people familiar with the process, amid criticism over the role of women in the Obama administration.
As undersecretary for international affairs, Lael Brainard is one of the most highly ranked and most visible female members of President Obamas economic team. Her name has long been circulated in the insular world of Fed watchers as a potential candidate to sit on the central banks influential board of governors.
But her conversations with the administration have ramped up recently, and she is seriously considering accepting the nomination, according to the two people, who requested anonymity to discuss personnel issues. The White House declined to comment.
Brainards nomination could help solve a public-relations problem for the White House, which has been assailed over the lack of women in premier posts. Obama is weighing whether to name Lawrence H. Summers, a close former adviser, to the top job at the Fed a move that would mean passing over Janet Yellen, the vice chair at the central bank whom many once considered a shoo-in.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/sources-white-house-considers-top-female-treasury-official-for-post-at-federal-reserve/2013/09/08/793b144e-1882-11e3-82ef-a059e54c49d0_story.html
Nomination could help quell concerns over diversity at the top
The White House is considering nominating a top female official at the Treasury Department to fill one of the vacant seats at the Federal Reserve, according to two people familiar with the process, amid criticism over the role of women in the Obama administration.
As undersecretary for international affairs, Lael Brainard is one of the most highly ranked and most visible female members of President Obamas economic team. Her name has long been circulated in the insular world of Fed watchers as a potential candidate to sit on the central banks influential board of governors.
But her conversations with the administration have ramped up recently, and she is seriously considering accepting the nomination, according to the two people, who requested anonymity to discuss personnel issues. The White House declined to comment.
Brainards nomination could help solve a public-relations problem for the White House, which has been assailed over the lack of women in premier posts. Obama is weighing whether to name Lawrence H. Summers, a close former adviser, to the top job at the Fed a move that would mean passing over Janet Yellen, the vice chair at the central bank whom many once considered a shoo-in.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/sources-white-house-considers-top-female-treasury-official-for-post-at-federal-reserve/2013/09/08/793b144e-1882-11e3-82ef-a059e54c49d0_story.html
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Good news, suckers... er, citizens. A lady on the Fed board! (Original Post)
cthulu2016
Sep 2013
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Beaverhausen
(24,467 posts)1. 'A lady' ?
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)2. In keeping with the voice of the comment, yes.
As you may have noted, the headline is not written in my voice but rather as something said to the people by the Powers That Be.
Are you this concerned when people talk about Republican obsession with legislating "lady parts"?