Democratic sources say that H. Rodgin Cohen, a partner in the New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, and the leading candidate for Deputy Treasury Secretary, has withdrawn from consideration.Taxes? Nanny problems? Pictures of him with small boys? With the Obama picks you just never know.
I reported last week that Cohen was likely to be officially nominated for the Deputy Treasury Secretary position.
He's been a counsel to just about every major player on Wall Street.
Now, the nomination is off.
Democratic sources said that an issue arose in the final stages of the vetting process.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Another Day, Another Potential Nominee Disappears
Boy are they having a tough time filling Obama administration positions:
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