Jack Lew accepts Treasury secretary nomination, jokes about his signature

Jack Lew accepts Treasury secretary nomination, jokes about his signature

January 10, 2013 11:15 AM

Accepting the nomination to replace Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, President Obama's chief of staff Jack Lew today nodded to his notoriously inscrutable signature which may soon grace U.S. currency by joking that he and Geithner "both share a common challenge of penmanship."

Jack Lew accepts Treasury secretary nomination
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