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Monday, 26 January 2015

The two other Obama nominees in 2011, Yellen and Raskin,were confirmed in September.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_System

"Obama administration officials [had] regrouped to identify Fed candidates after Peter Diamond, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, withdrew his nomination to the board in June [2011] in the face of Republican opposition. Richard Clarida, a potential nominee who was a Treasury official under George W. Bush, pulled out of consideration in August [2011]", one account of the December nominations noted.The two other Obama nominees in 2011, Yellen and Raskin,were confirmed in September.

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