I Really, Really Do Not Get This...

Anna Fifield writes:

Obama taps Lew for budget office: President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated Jack Lew as the new director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, putting someone who helped President Bill Clinton to balance the books in charge of the government finances. Mr Lew will take over from Peter Orszag, who is leaving after 18 months, partly in frustration over his lack of success in persuading the Obama administration to tackle the fiscal deficit more...