Doug Henwood wrote:
> [Wow, these guys really have a hard time with priorities. From The Note.]
>
> Obama’s Tuesday, per the transition office: “President-elect Barack Obama
> will hold a meeting with Rahm Emanuel, Chief of Staff-designate; Timothy
> Geithner, Treasury Secretary-designate; Peter Orszag, Director-designate,
> Office of Management and Budget; Rob Nabors, Deputy Director-designate,
> Office of Management and Budget; Christina Romer, Director-designate, Council
> of Economic Advisors and Lawrence Summers, Director-designate, National
> Economic Council tomorrow afternoon at his Washington DC transition office.”
>
> “During the meeting they will review the medium-term budget outlook and
> discuss their commitment to crafting a budget for 2010 that puts us on a path
> to bring down the deficit as the economy recovers. President-elect Obama and
> Vice President-elect Biden plan to work with their economic team to identify
> budget reforms necessary to restore fiscal discipline, take on major fiscal
> challenges like reigning in health care costs, and scour the budget line by
> line, looking for waste and inefficiencies to eliminate.”
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