Frustrated that his top military advisers failed to provide him an exit plan for Afghanistan, President Obama crafted his own strategy, according to a new book by Bob Woodward. In “Obama’s War” — Woodward’s meeting-by-meeting account of the 2009 Afghan strategy review — the president stressed that the plan to add 30,000 troops in a [...]
President Obama will name Austan Goolsbee to chair the Council of Economic Advisers at his Friday press conference, an administration source told Politics Daily. Goolsbee, 41, known as a telegenic and witty face of the Obama economics team, is being elevated from staff director and chief economist on the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board. He [...]
Airgas on Wednesday got a mixed bag from two important proxy advisory firms in its battle against Air Products and Chemicals, including a recommendation by Institutional Shareholder Services for Air Products’ three director nominees over the incumbent board members. But Glass Lewis recommended voting against Air Products’ slate. Both I.S.S. and Glass Lewis urged shareholders [...]
It’s a short and sweet one for the prez on August 12. Here’s what’s on deck: 9:30 a.m. — The president receives the presidential daily briefing in the Oval Office. 10:30 a.m. — Receives the economic daily briefing in the Oval Office. 11:30 a.m. — Meets with senior advisers in the Oval Office. This post [...]
Twenty months into her role as the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Dr. Christina Romer is leaving the White House to return to her position as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley. While the official White House press release states that Romer is stepping down to return to her [...]
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