Analysis: Geithner's planned departure puts Obama in tough spot

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's plans to leave near the end of January put the White House in a tricky spot, depriving the Obama administration of its longest-serving economic adviser for its next fiscal showdown with Congress.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=AGLzgeK1V1o:wpY1wyAqNw4:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=AGLzgeK1V1o:wpY1wyAqNw4:V_sGLiPBpWU (http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=AGLzgeK1V1o:wpY1wyAqNw4:V_sGLiPBpWU) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=AGLzgeK1V1o:wpY1wyAqNw4:-BTjWOF_DHI (http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?a=AGLzgeK1V1o:wpY1wyAqNw4:-BTjWOF_DHI)
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