White House Makes Berwick CMS Chief Via Recess Appointment
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
White House says "many Republicans in Congress have made it clear in recent weeks that they were going to stall the nomination as long as they could, solely to score political points."
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