NATIONAL BRIEFING / WASHINGTON, D.C.
TIMES WIRE REPORTS
President Obama has chosen three people to join the senior ranks of the Treasury Department, where a slow pace of hiring has put the agency on the defensive.
The White House said Obama was nominating David S. Cohen to be assistant secretary in dealing with terrorist financing; Alan B. Krueger to be assistant secretary for economic policy; and Kim N. Wallace as assistant secretary for legislative affairs. All three are subject to Senate confirmation.
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