President Obama Nominates Jason Furman as Chairman of the
Council of Economic Advisers
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This afternoon, President Obama nominated Jason Furman to
replace Alan Krueger as the chairman of the White House Council of Economic
Advisers.
Furman, 42, will bring a vast amount of economic experience
to the role. In 2009, he joined the Obama administration as an Assistant to the
President for Economic Policy and the Principal Deputy Director of the National
Economic Council.
Furman previously worked at the Brookings Institute as a
Senior Fellow in Economic Studies and Director of the Hamilton Project, the
Council of Economic Advisers as a Staff Economist, and the World Bank as a
Senior Adviser to the Chief Economist and Senior Vice President.
This is his second stint in the White House. Under President
Clinton, Furman was a Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at
the National Economic Council.
The President praised Furman’s work for the middle class,
and urged Congress to confirm him quickly.
“When the stakes are highest, there’s no one I’d rather turn
to for straightforward, unvarnished advice that helps me to do my job,”
President Obama said. “[Furman] understands all the sides of an argument, not
just one side of it. He’s worked tirelessly on just about every major economic
challenge of the past four and a half years, from averting a second depression,
to fighting for tax cuts that help millions of working families make ends meet,
to creating new incentives for businesses to hire, to reducing our deficits in
a balanced way that benefits the middle class.”
Chairman Krueger was also on hand for the announcement. He
will be leaving the Administration to teach at Princeton University.
President Obama thanked Krueger for his service, crediting his hard work for
the country’s economic recovery.
“Alan is driven by the basic bargain at the heart of our
economy -- the idea that hard work should be rewarded,” The President said.
“He’s motivated by the principle that no one who works full-time in the greatest
nation on Earth should have to raise their families in poverty or below poverty
levels. His commitment to a rising,
thriving middle class shines through in his often passionate presentations and
-- at least for an economist they’re passionate. And in the policies that he’s
pushed, and I know this will continue to be a focus of his research.”
Alan Krueger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Krueger
Jason Furman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Furman
Jason Furman (born August 18, 1970) is an economist. On
January 28, 2009, Furman was named Deputy Director of the National Economic
Council in the administration of President Barack Obama, whom he had been
advising since the latter stages of the 2008 presidential campaign. His
appointment as an adviser was criticized by some labor activists. On June 10,
2013, President Obama announced his intention to nominate Furman to become the
next Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.
President Obama Announces New National Security Team Members
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Speaking this afternoon from the Rose Garden, President
Obama announced several changes to his national security team.
Of all the jobs in government, leading my national security
team is certainly one of the most demanding, if not the most demanding. And
since the moment I took office, I've counted on the exceptional experience and
insights of Tom Donilon. Nearly every day for the past several years I've
started each morning with Tom leading the presidential daily brief, hundreds of
times, a sweeping assessment of global developments and the most pressing
challenges. As my National Security Advisor his portfolio is literally the
entire world.
He has definitely advanced our strategic foreign policy
initiatives while at the same time having to respond to unexpected crises, and
that happens just about every day. He's overseen and coordinated our entire
national security team across the government, a Herculean task. And it's
non-stop -- 24/7, 365 days a year.
Today, I am wistful to announce that after more than four
years of extraordinary service, Tom has decided to step aside at the beginning
of July. And I am extraordinarily proud to announce my new National Security
Advisor, our outstanding Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice as well
as my nominee to replace Susan in New
York, Samantha Power.
“This team of people has been extraordinarily dedicated to America,” President
Obama said. “They have made America
safer. They have made America's
values live in corners of the world that are crying out for our support and our
leadership. I could not be prouder of these three individuals -- not only their
intelligence, not only their savvy, but their integrity and their heart.”
Learn more about President Obama's second term nominations:
President Obama nominates Jacob Lew as Treasury Secretary
President Obama nominates Denis McDonough as Chief of Staff
Read about President Obama's nomination of John Brennan to
head the CIA.
President Obama has tapped John Kerry to serve as Secretary
of State.
Read about President Obama’s nomination of Chuck Hagel as
the next Secretary of Defense
President Obama nominates Mary Jo White to run the SEC
President Obama nominates Sally Jewell to Lead the
Department of the Interior
President Obama nominates OMB Director, EPA Administrator
and Secretary of Energy
President Obama nominates Anthony Foxx as Secretary of
Transportation
President Obama nominates Rep. Melvin Watt as FHFA Director
and Tom Wheeler as FCC Chair