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Obama chief of staff to replace Geithner in top US Treasury job
President Obama is set to nominate White House chief of staff Jacob "Jack" Lew as the man to take over from outgoing Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin, who had also been planning to leave his post around this time, will remain in the role to facilitate the transition.
Lew has experience of handling tough political and economic situations, having served as budget director at the Office of Management and Budget under both Obama and Clinton.
He also worked as an aide to Democratic House Speaker Tip O’Neill – who was heavily involved in negotiating the last comprehensive tax reform legislation with Republican President Ronald Reagan – in the 1980s.
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