Bloomberg's Hans Nichols reports that Roger Altman is being considered to replace Lawrence Summers as the director of the President's National Economic Council. We remember Altman as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury during the first two years of the Clinton Administration. Now he is chairman of Evercore Partners, the investment banking boutique that he founded. As we were looking for more information on Altman, we came across this interview with Charlie Rose from July 2009. In this excerpt, Altman is discussing the deficit and some of the other key issues he will have to consider if he does end up as a key adviser to President Obama:
Watch the full interview here.
Posted
11-17-2010 8:33 AM
by
Graham Griffith