President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: · Eric S. Edelman , Member, Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace · Danny Glaser , Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, Department of the Treasury. Glaser has served as the Department of the Treasury’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes since November 2004. He was responsible for developing and coordinating policies to protect the U.S. and international financial systems from abuse related to money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. · Jon Leibowitz , Commissioner and Chairman, Federal Trade Commission. Leibowitz has been the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) since 2009. He has been an FTC Commissioner since 2004. Before his time at the FTC, Mr. Leibowitz served as vice president for congressional affairs for the M...
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