Tim Geithner's recruitment problems continue. As jobs are lost across the country, he can't give 'em away, apparently. He has yet to name a single top deputy or assistant secretary, and two candidates he had lined up for key posts have just withdrawn their names from consideration, rather mysteriously. The result is a real and urgent problem for the administration:
"There is no question that Wall Street is losing patience," said Jones, who for more than three decades served as a top economist at a major bond trading firm. "If there was ever a time when we need an effective and strong Treasury secretary, it is now."
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