Washington – US President Barack Obama named former Washington Gov. Gary Locke as his nominee for Commerce secretary Wednesday. The president’s two top earlier choices for the post dropped out — one a Democrat facing questions about a donor and the other a Republican who had a change of heart about working for a president from the opposition party — well before the Senate had a chance to confirm them.

“I’m sure it’s not lost on anyone that we’ve tried this a couple of times. But I’m a big believer in keeping at something until you get it right,” Obama said, standing with the fellow Democrat in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near the White House.

Obama praised Locke as a man who shares his vision for turning around the economy, and someone who knows the American dream. “He’s lived it and that’s why he shares my commitment to do whatever it takes to keep it alive in our time,” Obama said.

“I’m grateful he’s agreed to leave one Washington for another,” the president added.
(yahoo.com)

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