Obama's new Cabinet picks face big challenges - CNN.com - 0 views
-
Walmart Foundation chief Sylvia Mathews Burwell was nominated to head the Office of Management and Budget, Ernest Moniz was named to lead the Energy Department, and assistant EPA administrator Gina McCarthy was Obama's choice for the Environmental Protection Agency.
-
The two sides have failed to reach an agreement to avert mandatory, across-the-board spending cuts that took effect Friday. In addition to the cuts -- which amount to $85 billion through the next seven months of the current fiscal year -- a possible government shutdown looms at the end of this month
