President Barack Obama will announce Austan Goolsbee as the new chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers at an East Room news conference Friday, providing continuity in the face of a political storm.
Goolsbee, 41, will succeed Christina Romer. A senior administration official said Goolsbee is a team player who can navigate the White House,
and is a skilled television interviewee who can help the president promote his economic message.
“He’s young and energetic, and good on TV,” the official said.
another salesman.
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