Obama's first failed appointment

[classicman]

Not a failed appointment ... yet. But certainly a rather interesting one in light of all the outrage.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- One of the people named this week to President Obama's new Task Force on Tax Reform is a member of the AIG board of directors.

Martin Feldstein, a professor of economics at Harvard University, has been on the board of American International Group since 1988. He also was a prominent economic adviser to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.

Asked about the AIG connection - the White House declined to comment on the story.