Go Enter ZIP code or state abbreviation. But three days later, on Inauguration Day, the Clintonites announced picks for 13 top spots in the State Department. Those checks can take several weeks. A second brake on the process may be that, at the sub-Cabinet level, there are always negotiations between the Cabinet members and the White House over staffing. We're told to look for the pace to pick up now.
Talks are ongoing . . .
The final touches aren't done, but it looks like Peter Fisher , executive vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, is the administration's pick to be undersecretary of the treasury for domestic finance. Fisher would give the Paul H. O'Neill Treasury team some sorely needed expertise in the workings of financial markets. The Fed said the bailout was needed to ensure the country's financial stability. Critics said this rewarded undeserving rich investors, apparently not understanding that there's no such thing. Adviser From the Supply Side Also on the economic front, R. Glenn Hubbard , a Columbia University professor, is the leading candidate to become chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.