June 3 (Bloomberg) — Singer Paul McCartney received the Library of Congress’s third Gershwin Prize for Popular Song yesterday. President Barack Obama hosted a concert at the White House honoring McCartney and presented the award to the former Beatle. Bloomberg’s Erik Schatzker reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Hunt on US Debt Talks, Plouffe’s Unemployment Remarks: Video
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)
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)
Baer Says Obama’s Actions Are What Matter, Not Words: Video
June 16 (Bloomberg) — Donald Baer of Burson-Marsteller, a former White House communications director, talks about President Obama’s speech last night about the effectiveness of President Barack Obama’s speech Tuesday on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Obama vowed that BP Plc will pay for all damage caused by its “recklessness” and that the government would commit to restoring the Gulf Coast. Baer talks with Margaret Brennan on Bloomberg Television’s “In Business.” (Source: Bloomberg)