Obama to nominate Lew as Treasury Secretary
AFP
1/10/2013 11:07:45 AM
US President Barack Obama Thursday will formally nominate his White House chief of staff Jack Lew to succeed Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary, a US official said.
Obama will make the pick, which requires confirmation by the Senate, at 1:30 pm (1830 GMT) in the East Room of the White House, as he continues to stock his cabinet for his second term beginning on January 20, the official said.