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White House Nominates Paulson for Treasury

By Steve Inskeep, Don Gonyea

Published May 30, 2006 at 7:50 AM PDT

This story was published more than 18 years ago.

President Bush nominates the head of one of Wall Street's top financial firms to lead the Treasury Department.

Henry Paulson Jr. -- chairman of Goldman Sachs -- is slated to replace resigning Secretary John Snow.

The White House hopes Paulson will do a better job than Snow selling the president's economic record.

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