July 7 (Bloomberg) — Al Hunt, executive editor at Bloomberg News, discusses President Barack Obama’s meeting today with Republican and Democratic lawmakers to seek long-term solutions to US deficit spending. Hunt, speaking on Bloomberg Television’s “InBusiness with Margaret Brennan,” also talks about White House senior adviser David Plouffe’s comments yesterday on the significance of the unemployment rate in the 2012 election. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Obama Said to Pick Krueger as Head of Economic Advisers
Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama plans to name Alan Krueger, a labor economist and former Treasury official, to lead the White House Council of Economic Advisers, according to a White House official. Krueger, who returned to Princeton University last November after serving as the Treasury Department’s chief economist for two years, will replace Austan Goolsbee. Hans Nichols and Michael McKee report on Bloomberg Television’s “InsideTrack.” (Source: Bloomberg)
White House’s Lew on Debt Limit: Political Capital With Al Hunt
April 15 (Bloomberg) — White House Budget Director Jacob Lew talks with Bloomberg’s Julianna Goldman about last week’s budget agreement between members of Congress and the outlook for the vote on raising the debt ceiling. Bloomberg’s Hans Nichols and Julie Davis discuss President Obama’s speech on reducing the deficit. Zeb Eckert reports on Japan’s nuclear crisis. Commentators Margaret Carlson and Kate O’Beirne talk about Mitt Romney’s moves toward a presidential bid, and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget plan. (Source: Bloomberg)
John Paul Stevens to Retire From US Supreme Court: Video
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)
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)