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Obama rounds out econ team ahead of jobs speech Omaha World-Herald Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:13 AM PDT President Barack Obama tapped labor economist Alan Krueger for a top administration post Monday, rounding out his White House economic team ahead of a highly-anticipated announcement next week on a new jobs initiative. Obama says will take time to recover from Irene Boston Globe Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:13 AM PDT President Barack Obama says it will take time to recover from Hurricane Irene and he pledged the federal government would be doing everything in its power to ensure people have what they need to get back on their feet. Obama picks labour expert Krueger as top economist Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:12 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, under pressure to spur job growth, said on Monday he had chosen Princeton labour economist Alan Krueger to become the top White House economist and that he will offer a jobs plan next week. Obama taps Krueger for economic post The Globe and Mail Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:08 AM PDT Labour economist picked to head White House Council of Economic Advisers Former officials call for investigation into political hiring at DOJ The Daily Caller via Yahoo! News Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:06 AM PDT Former Department of Justice (DOJ) officials are calling for an investigation into the current hiring practices at DOJ, which they say have become politicized under Eric Holder and the Obama administration. Obama: Recovery from Irene 'to take time' The Hill Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:04 AM PDT The president said that even though the storm has passed, the federal response will continue. Read more... Poll: Despite Libya, Obama’s poll numbers remain low seattlepi.com Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:03 AM PDT A new CNN poll shows that President Barack Obama’s approval rating remains stuck in the mid 40s, despite Americans’ increasingly favorable views toward U.S. military action in Iraq. Apparently not. Libya has not changed the president’s overall approval rating. Obama still gets low marks on the economy, and previous polling suggests that the number who [...] Alan Krueger, Labor Economist, Nominated To Become Obama Economic Adviser, Signaling Shift The Huffington Post Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:03 AM PDT Even as Washington was preoccupied with the debt ceiling standoff this summer, Americans repeatedly told pollsters that the job market, not the federal deficit, was their main concern. Now, with President Obama reportedly reaching out to a prominent labor economist for a key administration position, it seems as though the White House is coming around to that point of view. Obama taps Krueger to lead economic panel UPI Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:02 AM PDT WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- President Obama announced Monday that Alan Krueger was his choice to succeed Austan Goolsbee to lead the Council of Economic Advisers. Irene Hits US: Flood And Power Cuts Alert Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:02 AM PDT Tropical storm Irene has battered northeastern America, leaving at least 29 people dead - as President Barack Obama warned there could be worse to come.

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