1.0 link 186451 <![CDATA[Herb Allison, Fannie Mae Chief, Tapped To Run Bailout]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/13/herb-allison-fannie-mae-c_n_186451.html WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is expected to tap Fannie Mae Chief Executive Herb Allison to head the government's $700 billion financial-rescue program, people familiar with the matter say.

In choosing Mr. Allison to head the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the administration is turning to an experienced manager at a time when it is having trouble filling key finance posts. Mr. Allison, 65 years old, is the former chairman of investment company TIAA-CREF and was a Merrill Lynch & Co. executive...

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