DJ Obama Taps Ex-Rep Leach, Albright To Meet With G20 Leaders
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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Former Republican Congressman Jim Leach and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will be available to meet leaders from the Group of 20 this weekend on behalf of Barack Obama, the president-elect's transition team said Wednesday.
Obama won't attend Saturday's emergency G20 economic summit but will receive a briefing from Leach and Albright after their meetings. Details of those sessions, including which delegations Leach and Albright will meet, will be released at a later date.
"This weekend's summit is an important opportunity to hear from the leaders of many of the world's largest economies," said Obama Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Denis McDonough in a statement. "There is one President at a time in the United States, so the President-elect has asked Secretary Albright and Congressman Leach, an experienced and bipartisan team, to be available meet with and listen to our friends and allies on his behalf."
Albright was Secretary of State and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President Bill Clinton. Leach, who backed Obama's presidential bid, is a former chairman of the House Banking and Financial Services Committee.
-By Henry J. Pulizzi, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-9256; henry.pulizzi@dowjones.com
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DJ Obama Taps Ex-Rep Leach, Albright To Meet With G20 Leaders
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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Former Republican Congressman Jim Leach and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will be available to meet leaders from the Group of 20 this weekend on behalf of Barack Obama, the president-elect's transition team said Wednesday.
Obama won't attend Saturday's emergency G20 economic summit but will receive a briefing from Leach and Albright after their meetings. Details of those sessions, including which delegations Leach and Albright will meet, will be released at a later date.
"This weekend's summit is an important opportunity to hear from the leaders of many of the world's largest economies," said Obama Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Denis McDonough in a statement. "There is one President at a time in the United States, so the President-elect has asked Secretary Albright and Congressman Leach, an experienced and bipartisan team, to be available meet with and listen to our friends and allies on his behalf."
Albright was Secretary of State and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President Bill Clinton. Leach, who backed Obama's presidential bid, is a former chairman of the House Banking and Financial Services Committee.
-By Henry J. Pulizzi, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-9256; henry.pulizzi@dowjones.com
Click here to go to Dow Jones NewsPlus, a web front page of today's most important business and market news, analysis and commentary: http://www.djnewsplus.com/al?rnd=gyqrrrOUgvITV9NeLavKMw%3D%3D. You can use this link on the day this article is published and the following day.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 12, 2008 12:04 ET (17:04 GMT)
Copyright (c) 2008 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.- - 12 04 PM EST 11-12-08
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