Post date: Jan 06, 2011 10:5:26 PM
Retooling his team after taking a drubbing in the midterm elections, President Barack Obama on Thursday named William Daley to be his new White House chief of staff. Jon Decker reports.
Retooling his team after taking a drubbing in the midterm elections, President Barack Obama on Thursday named William Daley to be his new White House chief of staff.
US President Barack Obama saying:
"He possesses a deep understanding of how jobs are created and how to grow our economy and, needless to say, Bill also has a smidgen of awareness of how our system of government and politics works."The appointment of Daley, a senior executive with JP Morgan Chase, who served as Commerce Secretary under President Bill Clinton, is aimed in part at countering the notion that the president is anti-business.
Incoming White House Chief of Staff, William Daley, saying:
"I assure you, Mr. President, as they have done in the last two years, that this team will not let you down or the nation."
By picking Daley, Obama chose a fellow Chicagoan -- but more importantly, someone who has deep business experience at a time when creating jobs and fixing the U.S. economy is the Administration's greatest challenge.
Jon Decker, Reuters.