Obama To Tap Leibowitz As FTC Chief

  • February 27, 2009
President Barack Obama intends to nominate commissioner Jon Leibowitz to lead the Federal Trade Commission, reports AP. Leibowitz is the only Democrat among the five commissioners responsible for policing the business industry for anticompetitive practices and enforcing consumer protection laws. Before the FTC, Leibowitz was vice president of congressional affairs for the Motion Picture Association of America.

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