Ben Bernanke sworn in as 14th Fed chairman
(Reuters/AFP)
Updated: 2006-02-02 09:07

Ben Bernanke, chairman of President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers since June of last year, waits in a back room on Capitol Hill, November 15, 2005. The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve, clearing him on Greenspan's last day in office to take over America's most powerful economic post. [Reuters]