But the same week has brought the withdrawal of Mr Daschle and Ms Killefer.

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Earlier Tuesday, Nancy Killefer, the president's designee for White House chief performance officer, also withdrew from consideration.

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The news about Daschle and Killefer on Tuesday overshadowed the attempt at bipartisanship in his announcement that Sen.

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Killefer served as assistant secretary for management and chief financial officer of the Treasury Department during the Clinton administration.

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According to the Associated Press, Killefer didn't pay employment taxes on a household worker for more than a year.

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Mr Obama will claim that the departures of Messrs Daschle and Richardson and Ms Killefer prove that he really is holding his government to a higher standard.

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Nancy Killefer, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, flew up from Washington to see how the Manhattan taxpayers were faring and was relieved by the low turnout and camp-registration atmosphere.

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The same day Obama nominated Gregg and Daschle withdrew his name, Nancy Killefer, the president's designee for White House chief performance officer, also pulled her name from consideration--also over tax troubles.

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Timothy Charles Scheve, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term expiring September 14, 2015, vice Nancy Killefer, term expired, which was sent to the Senate on January 26, 2011.

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But he has said that he is determined to present plans to bring the long-term budget outlook into balance, and has appointed Nancy Killefer to the new post of governmental performance officer, charged with improving efficiency in government.

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