WASHINGTON : Consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren discussed the new U.S. consumer agency at the White House but no announcement is imminent about who will lead the agency, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Friday.

Gibbs said Warren was at the White House on Thursday. She spoke with staff members including Obama`s senior adviser David Axelrod.

"She was here to talk about the office yesterday," said Gibbs.

He made clear no announcement was expected soon, as Obama prepares for travels the rest of this month.

"I do not expect any personnel announcements about this job in the coming week," Gibbs said.

Warren, who has long been an outspoken advocate for consumers, is among a handful of candidates Obama is considering to become the powerful first chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was created under the sweeping financial reform bill signed into law last month.

Many on Wall Street fiercely oppose her candidacy, but many liberals in Obama`s Democratic Party passionately support her. Whoever is chosen must gain Senate confirmation.



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