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Obama to nominate Walmart\'s Burwell as White House budget chief: sources
Obama to nominate Walmart's Burwell as White House budget chief: sources
Posted : Sunday, 03 March 2013 03:47PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to nominate Walmart Foundation head Sylvia Mathews Burwell to head the White House Office of Management and Budget on Monday, sources said on Sunday.

Burwell is a veteran of Bill Clinton's White House and has helped steer philanthropic efforts while at Walmart in Bentonville, Arkansas. The sources, who asked to remain unidentified, said plans were for Burwell to be nominated on Monday.

(Reporting by Steve Holland, Richard Cowan and Jeff Masonl Editing by Will Dunham)

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