White House Budget Chief Orszag To Step Down: Report

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Mon, 06/21/2010 - 7:39pm

White House budget chief Orszag to step down: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Budget Director Peter Orszag plans to step down from his job in July, making him the first senior member of President Barack Obama's economic team to leave, the New York Times reported on Monday.

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