Treasury, Secretary, and, Bangkok

I have already blogged that Thai-American, Tammy Duckworth, is under consideration to be Veteran Affairs Secretary in the Obama Administration, but the person almost certain to be Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, has a Bangkok connection of his own. He graduated from the International School of Bangkok - his dad worked for the Ford Foundation. He was Treasury Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs and worked on the bailouts during the Asian economic crisis hit in the late 90s. He is known to favour free trade.