Treasury Sec. possibilities for Obama. Geithner, Summers, Volcker, Rubin and Laura Tyson.

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Obama considers Geithner, Summers for Treasury

CHICAGO (Reuters) – President-elect Barack Obama, who will inherit the worst financial crisis in decades when he takes office, is expected to announce his pick for some key economic jobs soon and may reveal his Treasury Secretary selection as early as Thursday.

Timothy Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers and former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker are among those being considered for the Treasury post.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081106/pl_nm/us_usa_election1_51



Democrats close to the Obama team told The New York Times that they believed the likeliest choices for Treasury secretary would be Lawrence H. Summers, who held the post in the Clinton administration, and Timothy F. Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The Wall Street Journal added former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and Robert Rubin, another former Clinton Treasury secretary and director and senior counselor of Citigroup to the list.

In addition to Mr. Geithner, Mr. Summers and Mr. Volcker, Reuters said that the short list for Treasury includes former Clinton administration adviser Laura Tyson.

http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/summers-and-geithner-handicapped-for-treasury-post/