martes, 4 de enero de 2011

William Daley suena para Jefe de Gabinete

Hay rumores de que el Presidente Obama podría nombrar a William Daley como nuevo Jefe de Gabinete de la Casa Blanca. Es el hijo menor del que fuera Alcalde de Chicago Richard Daley, y hermano del actual Alcalde del mismo nombre. Fue Secretario de Comercio durante el segundo mandato de Clinton, después presidió la campaña presidencial de Al Gore, y actualmente es un alto ejecutivo de JP Morgan & Chase. Podría servir de puente entre la Casa Blanca y el mundo de los negocios, en un momento en que las relaciones están muy degradadas.

(...) President Barack Obama is considering naming William Daley, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. executive and former U.S. Commerce secretary, to a high-level administration post, possibly White House chief of staff, people familiar with the matter said.

Such a move, which is still under discussion, would bring a Washington veteran -- and someone with strong business ties -- into the administration as Obama sets out an agenda for the second half of his term while dealing with a Republican majority in the House of Representatives.

“Daley is highly respected by the business community and has great connections,” Douglas J. Elliott, an economic studies fellow at the Washington-based Brookings Institution, said in an e-mail. Naming Daley to a top post, he said, “could help mend fences” with executives who have complained that the Democratic administration is anti-business.

Daley, 62, has deep ties in Obama’s political base. The youngest of seven children of longtime Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, he is part of the most powerful political dynasty in Illinois. He was also a political mentor to Rahm Emanuel, who worked with Daley in President Bill Clinton’s administration and served as Obama’s first chief of staff. Emanuel, 51, now is running to succeed Daley’s brother, Richard M. Daley, as mayor of Chicago. (...)

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