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Trump taps Goldman Sachs exec for top economic job

Gary Cohn, President and Chief Operating Officer of Goldman Sachs, speaks at the Ending the Experiment event in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos, Switzerland January 22, 2015. (Ruben Sprich/Reuters)
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December 12, 2016 - 12:17 pm
 

WASHINGTON — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said he would appoint Goldman Sachs Group Inc President and Chief Operating Officer Gary Cohn to head the White House National Economic Council, a group that coordinates economic policy across agencies.

“As my top economic adviser, Gary Cohn is going to put his talents as a highly successful businessman to work for the American people,” Trump said in a statement.

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