April 9 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Al Hunt and Peter Cook talk with Margaret Brennan about Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens’s plan to retire and the outlook for his potential successors. The retirement of Stevens, the court’s liberal wing leader and its oldest justice at age 89, gives President Barack Obama his second chance to shape the closely divided court by appointing a successor. The Obama administration is focusing on three candidates to succeed Stevens: US Solicitor General Elena Kagan and federal appellate judges Diane Wood and Merrick Garland, according to a White House official familiar with the situation. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Hubbard Calls US Taxes, Spending Key Business Issues
Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) — Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, talks about the outlook for President Barack Obama speech today before the US Chamber of Commerce and recommendations for improving the US business climate. He speaks with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Locke Says Daley Will `Bring Discipline’ to White House
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) — US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke talks about President Barack Obama’s appointment of William Daley, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. executive and former commerce secretary, as his new chief of staff. Locke also discusses the possibility that Gene Sperling will be chosen to replace Lawrence Summers as head of the National Economic Council. He talks with Pimm Fox from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Bloomberg Television’s “Taking Stock.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Obama, Ryan, Stockman’s Own Words on Budget Proposal
Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) — US President Barack Obama, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, and David Stockman, US budget director in the Reagan administration, offer their views on Obama’s budget proposal. This report also contains comments from White House Budget Director Jacob “Jack” Lew; former Senator Judd Gregg, a New Hampshire Republican who chaired the Senate Budget Committee; Stanley Collender, managing director of Qorvis Communications and a former congressional budget analyst; Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and Jeffrey Sachs, a professor at Columbia University. (Source: Bloomberg)
Steve Case to Lead White House Entrepreneurship Campaign
Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — AOL Inc. co-founder Steve Case will lead a White House campaign seeking to increase private sector investments in startup companies and small businesses as part of President Barack Obama’s directive to promote entrepreneurship. Emily Chang reports on Bloomberg Television’s “Fast Forward.” (Source: Bloomberg)