Captain Ed at Hot Air brilliantly illustrated the utter incompetence flailing about right now in the White House with the sad, horrifying state of the Treasury Department. So let’s play a game. Here are all the appointments in the Treasury that require Senate confirmation:
- Secretary
- Deputy Secretary
- Under Secretary — Domestic Finance
- Under Secretary — International Affairs
- Under Secretary — Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
- Assistant Secretary — Economic Policy
- Assistant Secretary — Financial Markets
- Assistant Secretary (Deputy Under Secretary) — International Affairs
- Assistant Secretary (Deputy Under Secretary) — Legislative Affairs
- Assistant Secretary — Management and Chief Financial Officer
- Assistant Secretary — Public Affairs/Director — Policy Planning
- Assistant Secretary — Tax Policy
- Chief Counsel — Internal Revenue Service/Asst. Gen. Counsel for Tax
- Commissioner — Internal Revenue (five-year terms of office)
- General Counsel
- Inspector General
- Inspector General — Tax Administration
- Treasurer — United States
How many of these positions has Obama filled with a formal nomination?
- Secretary — Tim Geithner
To be perfectly clear: President Obama has only nominated one person to the Treasury Department during what half the country, apparently, suspects will turn into the second coming of the Great Depression.
