Jacob Lew confirmed as US Treasury Secretary

 

Approved by a 71-26 Senate vote, Jacob Lew, 57, a budget expert, takes office amid huge federal spending cuts. He was budget director for President Clinton in the late 1990s and served as Obama’s White House chief of staff from 2010 to 2012.

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