Jack Lew and His Squiggly Signature Are Your New Treasury Secretary
- By Adam Clark Estes
- Atlantic Wire
- February 28, 2013
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Newly confirmed treasury secretary Jack Lew.
J. Scott Applewhite/AP File Photo
Everybody assumed that the Senate would confirm hard-working, navel-gazing Jack Lew as treasury secretary. And they just did. The real question is: Does Lew know what he's getting into? The first of three budget deadlines kicks in on Friday, and Lew has to take the lead on fixing the United States' substantial budget woes. Tim Geithner is surely thrilled to go on vacation instead.
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