Biden Says Accepts Omarova's Withdrawal From Run for Comptroller of Currency
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 08th December, 2021) � President Joe Biden said he had accepted Saule Omarova's request to withdraw her candidacy from the race to be a top US banking watchdog.
"I have accepted Saule Omarova's request to withdraw her name from nomination for the Office of the Comptroller of Currency," Biden said in a statement on Tuesday.
On November 3, Biden nominated Wall Street critic Omarova, who was born in the Soviet Union and graduated from Moscow State University, to serve as a top banking watchdog at the US Treasury Department.