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Biden Names Top Economic Officials

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named his top
   officials to deal with the country's coronavirus-ravaged economy,
   including former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen to be the first
   woman to lead the Treasury Department in its 231-year history.

   In addition, Biden named Neera Tanden, currently president of the
   Center for American Progress, a liberal Washington public policy
   research and advocacy group, as director of the government's Office of
   Management and Budget. If confirmed by the Senate, Tanden would be the
   first woman of color and first South Asian American to head the agency.

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