BUSH TAPS NUSSLE FOR OMB CHIEF IN WASHINGTON
Jim Nussle listens as U.S. President George W. Bush announces former Iowa Representative Jim Nussle as his nominee for Director of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on June 19, 2007. (UPI Photo/Chris Kleponis/POOL)
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