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Obama names Gene Sperling top economic adviser

President Barack Obama appointed Gene Sperling as his director of the National Economic Council Friday, placing a Washington veteran with a bipartisan track record in the White House as the administration contends with a divided Congress.

Sperling’s appointment coincided with the release of the December jobs report that showed the unemployment rate dropping to 9.4 percent, its lowest level in nearly two years. But job growth fell short of expectations, and Obama said that Sperling, along with other newly appointed members of the economic team, have a challenging task ahead. Get the full story »

Boehner: Obama economic team should resign

U.S. House Republican leader John Boehner Tuesday called for the resignation of President Barack Obama’s economic team, including Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and White House economic adviser Larry Summers. Boehner, in the text of a speech to be given in Cleveland, called for a “fresh start” on the economy. Get the full story »