Christina Romer Resigning: Top Obama Adviser Leaving Council of Economic Advisers
(The Huffington Post) — Christina Romer, one of President Barack Obama’s most pivotal economic advisers, is resigning, a change that comes as the White House struggles to show signs of clear economic gains to a hurting nation. Romer, the head of the Council of Economic Advisers, announced her resignation Thursday, effective Sept. 3. She becomes the second high-level Obama aide to leave this summer, following the resignation of White House Budget Director Peter Orszag.
