For Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who has practically been flying solo since taking office, help may soon be on the way.
President Obama on Sunday nominated three people to top positions in the Treasury Department: David Cohen as assistant secretary for terrorist financing, Alan Krueger as assistant secretary for economic policy and Kim Wallace, assistant secretary for legislative affairs.
Cohen, who held top legal positions in the Treasury Department during the Clinton administration, has been practicing law for the past eight years.
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Krueger, a professor of economics and public affairs at Princeton University, was chief economist of the Labor Department during the Clinton administration.
Wallace, who was head of the Washington Research Group at Barclays Capital, also served as a top economics adviser to former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell.
All three appointments, which were announced by the White House in a news release sent out at 6 a.m. on Sunday, require confirmation by the Senate.
Cohen, Krueger and Wallace have all been serving as advisers to Geithner.
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