Goldman Executive Named as Obama Adviser

Sun, 07/19/2009 - 3:32pm — Randall Kohn

From the New York Times via Bloomberg:

Goldman Executive Named as Obama Adviser

By BLOOMBERG NEWS
Published: July 18, 2009

President Obama said Friday he would nominate Robert Hormats, a vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International, to a top economic position at the State Department. Mr. Hormats, 66, will be under secretary of state for economic, energy and agricultural affairs. He was deputy trade representative from 1979 through 1981 and held other posts at the State Department throughout his career. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the secretary of state, said in a speech on Wednesday that she hoped to make economic policy and trade a larger part of United States diplomacy.

In yo face, America. GS ROOLZ, citizens DROOL.

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At 5PM, was it?

By a little night ... on Sun, 07/19/2009 - 3:54pm

Oh, well, only 4:39!

Last Updated: July 17, 2009 16:39 EDT

Edited to add:

Or, in the inimitable "Hub Man Dies In Nuclear Blast" style of The Boston Globe...

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By lambert on Sun, 07/19/2009 - 5:00pm

Good one, ALNM.

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Remarkable.

By quinhon on Sun, 07/19/2009 - 4:04pm

This is the fastest that any President in my lifetime could send me into a screaming rage. 5 month plus of illegal immoral unnecessary criminal wars and the news is that he hired a corrupt fraudster.

All your government...

By Damon on Mon, 07/20/2009 - 12:03am

...are belong to us.

- Goldman Sachs

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But, we've always been at war with Eastasia...

Omigod

By cal1942 on Sun, 07/19/2009 - 11:31pm

make economic policy and trade a larger part of United States diplomacy

I hope this doesn't mean more giving up the store.

It could go either way.

I am wondering

By oceansandmountains on Sun, 07/19/2009 - 11:47pm

if this is someone Hillary wanted in such a post or not.

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