Subject: RE: PERSONNEL ANNOUNCEMENT
From: Chris Lu <[email-masked]>
To: Dan Tarullo <[email-masked]>, Mike Froman <[email-masked]>, Jim Messina <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Phil Schiliro <[email-masked]>
Cc: Dan Pfeiffer <[email-masked]>, Stephanie Cutter <[email-masked]>, Sara Latham <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:07:39 -0500

Adding in press, Phil, and John.  Reid's staff wants our views on this and whether we should confirm this person during the lame duck.

From: Chris Lu
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 11:24 AM
To: Dan Tarullo; Mike Froman; Jim Messina
Subject: FW: PERSONNEL ANNOUNCEMENT

I know Dan Tarullo has been called, but White House wanted to make sure we were aware of this.

From: Reyes, Luis A. [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:55 AM
To: Chris Lu; [email-masked]
Subject: FW: PERSONNEL ANNOUNCEMENT

Here it is.

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From: White House Press Releases
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:53 AM
Subject: PERSONNEL ANNOUNCEMENT
THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

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For Immediate Release                         November 14, 2008

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate one individual to serve in his Administration.

The President intends to nominate Neil M. Barofsky, of New York, to be Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program at the Department of the Treasury.  He currently serves as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Chief of the Mortgage Fraud Group.  Prior to this, he served as a lead prosecutor in the Southern District's Securities Fraud Unit.  Previously, he served in the Southern District's International Narcotics Trafficking Unit.  Mr. Barofsky earned two bachelor's degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and his JD from the New York University School of Law.

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