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Phillip Smith of Bedford County, Tennessee, takes part in a rally at the Tennessee State Capitol at the Tax Day Tea Party in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, in this April 15, 2009 file photo. Credit: REUTERS/Harrison McClary/Files

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    Obama to tap Princeton's Rouse for econ council

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    Wed Dec 31, 2008 5:52pm EST

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama is expected to name Cecilia Rouse, a Princeton University labor economist, to the Council of Economic Advisers, an aide with the Obama transition office said on Wednesday.

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    Obama is expected to draw on Rouse's expertise in the economic benefits of education investments as he puts together a stimulus package to boost the slumping economy, the aide said.

    Rouse has studied the benefits of community college attendance, according to a biography on Princeton's website.

    (Reporting by Mark Felsenthal; editing by Leslie Adler)
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