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Obama Picks N.Y. Fed President Geithner as Treasury Secretary

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President-elect Barack Obama has selected New York Federal Reserve Bank President Timothy F. Geithner as Treasury secretary, handing the post to a primary architect of the Bush administration's response to the financial crisis, according to D…

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