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'''Stuart A. Levey''' (born 1963) has served as the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (a post that previously did not exist) since 21 July 2004. Under Obama he also served briefly as the as Acting Treasury Secretary until Obama nominee [[Timothy Geithner]] was confirmed to the post.<ref>Staff Reporter, [http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE50E3O320090115 Levey to head U.S. Treasury temporarily: official], ''Reuters'', 15 January 2009</ref>
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'''Stuart A. Levey''' (born 1963) has served as the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (a post that previously did not exist) since 21 July 2004. Under Obama he also served briefly as the as Acting Treasury Secretary until Obama nominee [[Timothy Geithner]] was confirmed to the post.<ref>Staff Reporter, [http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE50E3O320090115 Levey to head U.S. Treasury temporarily: official], ''Reuters'', 15 January 2009</ref> According to the Washington Post, Levey, 'has a strong hand in many of President Bush's top foreign policy and national security initiatives, from 
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counterterrorism to money laundering to weapons of mass destruction. He is the senior Treasury official overseeing a classified program that taps a global database of confidential financial records in search of terrorist transactions.'<ref>Dafna Linzer, 'The Money Man In the Terror Fight; Levey Helps Lead Treasury Efforts,' The Washington Post, 5 July 2006 Wednesday, SECTION: A Section; A11</ref>

Revision as of 19:49, 24 September 2010

Stuart A. Levey (born 1963) has served as the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (a post that previously did not exist) since 21 July 2004. Under Obama he also served briefly as the as Acting Treasury Secretary until Obama nominee Timothy Geithner was confirmed to the post.[1] According to the Washington Post, Levey, 'has a strong hand in many of President Bush's top foreign policy and national security initiatives, from

counterterrorism to money laundering to weapons of mass destruction. He is the senior Treasury official overseeing a classified program that taps a global database of confidential financial records in search of terrorist transactions.'[2]

  1. Staff Reporter, Levey to head U.S. Treasury temporarily: official, Reuters, 15 January 2009
  2. Dafna Linzer, 'The Money Man In the Terror Fight; Levey Helps Lead Treasury Efforts,' The Washington Post, 5 July 2006 Wednesday, SECTION: A Section; A11