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Bank Of America Had Early White House Support On Merrill Lynch Deal

washingtonpost.com | Zachary A. Goldfarb | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: White House, Documents, Financial Crisis @Y:Business, Economic Advisers, President Obama, Kevin Warsh, Bank of America, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Merrill Lynch Deal, Kenneth D. Lewis, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Wall Street, Lawrence H. Summers, New York's Attorney General, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, Joe Price, National Economic Council, Securities and Exchange Commission, Andrew Williams, Business News

Top economic advisers to President Obama signed off on a deal to protect Bank of America from losses incurred by its purchase of failed Wall Street fi...

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Summers Criticizes Bailed Out Banks For Not Lending More, Says Economic Recovery Pace 'In Doubt'

bloomberg.com | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Growth Rate, Economy, Economic Crisis, Larry Summers, Ben Bernanke, National Economic Council, Summers, Recession, Business News

White House National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers chastised some banks that received government aid for not doing enough to reduce forec...

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Summers: Economy Has Moved Back From Catastrophe

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 08.17.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top economic adviser has new cause for optimism. Back in January, Lawrence Summers said, Google searches f...

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Volker, Summers Tangled In a Power Struggle

Bloomberg | Robert Schmidt and Julianna Goldman | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Obama, National Economic Council, Summers, Volker, Paul Volker, Economy, Lawrence Summers, Business News

Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Volcker has grown increasingly frustrated over delays in setting up the economic advisory group President Barack Obama pick...

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'Yes We Can' Create a Sane Food Policy in the U.S.

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Charlie Stenholm, Whole Foods, Time Magazine, Pew Foundation, Center for Public Integrity, John Carlin, Pew Commission, Larry Summers, Joe Klein, Barack Obama, Clinton Administration, Farm Bill, Michael Pollan, John Salazar, Colin Peterson, Union of Concerned Scientists, Dwight Eisenhower, Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture, John Podesta, Rosa DeLauro, Obama Transition, National Economic Council, Eric Schlosser, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Bruce Friedrich

In January, we will have a president who understands and cares about the broader implications of our food policy. This will be an impressive first.

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Global Media Debate Hillary Selection

James Freedman | Posted 01.02.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Cabinet, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Colin Powell, Australia, United Kingdom, James Jones, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Larry Summers, Iran, World Editorial Roundup, Barack Obama, Samantha Power, Robert Gates, Obama Presidency, Editorial Roundup, Hillary Clinton, National Economic Council, Clinton Secretary of State, Israel, China, World News
James Freedman

World Editorial Roundup for December 2, 2008.

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Team Obama: Transformation, Transparency & Trust

Christine Pelosi | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economic Recovery, Council of Economic Advisors, Christina Romer, Melody Barnes, Domestic Policy Council, Timothy Geithner, Joe Biden, National Economic Council, Barack Obama, Secretary of the Treasury, Lawrence Summers, President-Elect Barack Obama, Obama Cabinet, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

This team inspires trust due to their credentials, experience, and unity around Obama's core economic philosophy -- that America is built on a strong, vibrant, thriving middle class.

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Larry Summers: Director Of National Economic Council, Top Adviser To Obama

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics

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***Check Back For Updates!*** Updated: Larry Summers was briefly short-listed to be Obama's Treasury Secretary. It was recently announced that he w...

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Top Bush Economic Advisor To Step Down

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Top White House economic adviser Allan Hubbard is expected to leave his post at the end of this year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday in...

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