(New York Times) — The departure of a number of administration officials is giving President Obama broader scope to remake his economic team even as the White House prepares to carry out a long-planned shuffle involving two of his closest political advisers. Michael S. Barr, the assistant Treasurysecretary who helped to develop and pass the law overhauling and tightening federal regulations of the financial industry, will be leaving after next week but remains a candidate to head the new consumer financial protection bureau next year, administration officials said Tuesday. Diana Farrell, the deputy director of Mr. Obama’sNational Economic Council and another architect of the regulatory legislation, will leave at the end of the year, they said.
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