Director of the Congressional Budget Office

Director of the Congressional Budget Office

Peter Orszag was sworn in as Director of the Congressional Budget Office in January 2007. The role of the CBO is to provide non-partisan, objective and timely analysis of economic and budgetary issues pending before Congress. Director...

Peter Orszag was sworn in as Director of the Congressional Budget Office in January 2007. The role of the CBO is to provide non-partisan, objective and timely analysis of economic and budgetary issues pending before Congress. Director Orszag discusses such hot-topic subjects as the real cost of the Iraq war and the finances of health care reform.

Guests

Peter Orszag

director, Office of Management and Budget
former director, Congressional Budget Office,
and former senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution and author of "Saving Social Security"

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