Obama To Nominate Former Prosecutor To Lead Sec

By Kathleen Hennessey and Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times
Thu, 01/24/2013 - 8:37am

Mary Jo White

WASHINGTON – President Obama will nominate Mary Jo White, a former prosecutor and one-time director of the Nasdaq stock exchange, to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, a White House official said Thursday.

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