WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration will not name a "car czar" to help oversee the auto industry's restructuring and will instead create an inter-agency task force to deal with the issue, according to senior administration officials.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers, who heads the National Economic Council, will jointly oversee the task force, with Mr. Geithner overseeing the $17.4 billion in federal loan agreements between the automakers and the U.S. government.
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