Obama's Office of Management and Budget

The current director of the Congressional Budget Office, Peter Orszag, is the President-Elect's choice for the Office of Management and Budget.

While this may not sound very interesting, its good to know what kind of people we have in charge. The Office of Management and Budget is responsible for: balancing the budget, ensures sustained prosperity, addresses immediate economic challenges, and assists in keeping America safe.

This guy will have a very important role from day one. he has to explain how he is going to get us out of the economic/financial crisis.

Peter Orszag was born December 6, 1968, and later attended Princeton, and then on to the London School of Economics, where he received his masters and Ph.D.

He served as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and as Senior Economist and Senior Adviser on the Council of Economic Advisers during the Clinton administration. He is a democrat.