After returning from a world trip with Vice President-elect Joe Biden, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is now coming to the defense of the new administration’s pick for Tresurer Secretary, even in the face of criticism from fellow GOP members like, oh, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.).
“These are not the times to think in small political terms,” said Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, who … briefly met with reporters on Wednesday alongside Mr. Obama. “I think he is the right guy.”
Mr. Graham thereby validated what the president-elect had just said: That Mr. Geithner, by bipartisan agreement, is “uniquely qualified.”
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