 Radio Australia | Obama Said to Pick Geithner as Treasury Secretary (Update5) Bloomberg - By Rich Miller and Michael McKee Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama picked Timothy Geithner, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to be his Treasury secretary, with Lawrence Summers getting a senior White House role, ... Video: Obama taps Geithner for Treasury-NBC SNAP ANALYSIS: Geithner to be Treasury pick for crisis |