Jack Lew is as decorated as they come when it comes to US economic leaders from the Democratic side of the aisle having served as President Obama’s treasury secretary, and before that as his director of the office for management of the budget (OMB), a role he also held in the Clinton White House, when he was instrumental in the administration balancing the budget in the late 1990s – the last time that has happened.
US News – The latest headlines from the US | Sky News
Firefighters and police were on the scene of a blaze that broke out at an apartment complex across from Blackbeard’s Castle early Wednesday morning on St. Thomas.
Nobody was inside the apartment when a man called 911 around 5:16 a.m. to report a fire that was spreading to other units, according to V.I. Police Public Information Officer Glen Dratte, who said emergency officials also received calls from neighboring residents.
V.I. Fire and Emergency Medical Services remains on the scene and the case is still active, Dratte said just after 6:30 a.m.
He is Britain’s ambassador to the United States, a former deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom, no less. Read
