|
|
Geithner: Strauss-Kahn not in position to run IMF
May 17, 2011 - 7:28 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says Dominique Strauss-Kahn "is obviously not in a position to run" the International Monetary Fund after his arrest on charges of attempted rape.
Geithner says he can't comment on the case. But he says the IMF's 24-member executive board should formally designate an interim head. John Lipsky has been serving as acting managing director.
Geithner's were the first remarks on the case from a top Obama administration official. He was speaking in New York, where Strauss-Kahn is being held in a jail cell on charges of sexually assaulting a hotel maid.
(Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
