John W. Snow resigns as United States secretary of the treasury
{{date|June 1, 2006}}

[[Image:John_W._Snow.jpg|thumb|180px|John W. Snow]]

[[w:John W. Snow|John W. Snow]] resigns as [[w: Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]]. 
[[w:George W. Bush|George W. Bush]] has nominated [[w:Goldman Sachs|Goldman Sachs]] CEO [[w:Henry Paulson|Henry Paulson]] to succeed him. If confirmed, he will be the first [[w:Wall Street|Wall Street]] figure to hold the post during the Bush administration.

== Sources ==
* [[w:John W. Snow|John W. Snow at Wikipedia]]
* {{source|url=http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=15b04496-8456-4ce5-a801-5acf5b97059d&k=27799
|title=Treasury Secretary Snow resigns, replaced by Goldman Sachs chairman
|author=Terence Hunt
|pub=Canada.com
|date=May 30, 2006}} 

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John W. Snow

John W. Snow resigns as Secretary of the Treasury. 
George W. Bush has nominated Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson to succeed him. If confirmed, he will be the first Wall Street figure to hold the post during the Bush administration.