As President-elect Barack Obama works to put together a new team the focus of the media has largely been on his selection of Secretary of the Treasury . This cabinet office has always been important to the functioning of the government and the financial markets but has generally not generated the interest of say the Secretaries of Defense and State. In the Bush 43 administration, in fact, the holder of that office seemed to be viewed as a mouthpiece for policy formulated by other White House players...