White House defends embrace of G.E. CEO despite report company didn't owe taxes in 2010

March 25, 2011

In January, President Obama named General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt to head the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, an economic advisory board focused on job creation. In his State of the Union address that same month, meanwhile,...

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White House defends embrace of G.E. CEO despite report company didn't owe taxes in 2010

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