Robert M. Orr, of Florida, to be United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador Bio
Carl Wieman, of Colorado, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy Bio Source
The White House issued a Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) supporting the inclusion of $600 million for summer employment programs for youth in the United States House of Representatives passage of the Disaster Relief and Summer Jobs Act of 2010, stating that in addition to essential help in keeping America prepared for natural disasters, "It also takes another important step forward in the ongoing effort to help put Americans back to work through the expansion of a youth summer jobs program and offers continued support to America's small businesses."Source
United States Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced over 3,100 public housing authorities across the U.S. successfully met a critical funding deadline outlined in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). "Families and communities are already seeing new windows, roofs, cost-saving energy-efficient appliances, and much-needed jobs," Donovan claimed. Source
The United States Justice Department filed anti-trust documents in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan listing JPMorgan Chase & Company, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., UBS AG, Bank of America Corp, Bear Sterns, Societe Generale, two businesses of General Electric, and Salomon Smith Barney (previously a unit of Citigroup) among more than a dozen Wall Street firms involved in a conspiracy to pay below-market interest rates to U.S. state and local governments on investments. Source
Day426/March25th/Thursday: The President traveled to Iowa City, Iowa, where, at the University of Iowa Field House, he delivered remarks on how health insurance reform meant lower costs for small businesses and American families and would give them more control over their health care. Transcript Video
The President stopped at Praire Lights, an independent bookstore in downtown Iowa City, around 2 p.m. local time, where he purchased Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson and The Secret of Zoom by Lynne Jonell for his daughters and a Star Wars pop up book for the son of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs that cost $37.44. Source Video
The President announced these nominations:
Todd E. Edelman and Judge Judith Anne Smith as Associate Judges for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia Source&Bios
Judge Mary H. Murguia for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Source&Bio
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