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Trump Picks Steve Mnuchin To Lead Treasury Department

Written by Teunis Felter

President-elect Donald Trump has picked his campaign finance chairman, Steve Mnuchin, to be his treasury secretary. The Wall Street banker spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was a partner, and is now chief executive of Dune Capital Management, a privately-owned hedge fund. Mnuchin, 53, joined the Trump campaign in April when the organization’s fundraising campaign barely existed. As treasury secretary he would take a lead role in developing policies aimed at boosting the country’s economic growth.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/30/503791602/reports-trump-picks-steve-mnuchin-to-lead-treasury-department

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Teunis Felter

Teunis Felter has over 20 years experience as an author, editor, and scientist. When not exploring outside, he enjoys reading history, researching genealogy, and civilly discussing politics.