Obama uses stealth tactics to make another appointment

Obama uses stealth tactics to make another appointment
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The Wall Street Journal reports:
President Barack Obama this week will appoint Elizabeth Warren to a lead role setting up the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, two Democratic officials said, a move that will allow the White House to avoid a messy Senate fight over her role.
Ms. Warren, currently a professor at Harvard Law School, will be named an assistant to the president and special advisor to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in charge of launching the new agency and setting its mission. She was a candidate to be the agency's first director, a position that remains unfilled, but would likely have had trouble securing confirmation because of opposition in the Senate.
The White House's decision to seek a middle ground could appease its liberal base, which has loudly championed her candidacy, but will irk Republicans, who oppose her leading the agency and have already charged the administration with making an end-run around the Senate confirmation process.