Secretary of Saving the World

Tim Geithner's daunting to-do list at the Treasury Department.

By Daniel Gross
Posted Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008, at 6:49 AM ET

U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Tim GeithnerConfidential sources have passed on to me a January to-do list apparently penned by Timothy Geithner, the New York Fed chief tapped to serve as President-elect Barack Obama's treasury secretary:

1. Find new house in D.C.
2. Fix unholy mess that is Wall Street.
3. Ditto for Securities and Exchange Commission.
4. Restore faith in global finance system.
5. Housing?