The U.S. Senate approved Ben Shalom Bernanke as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. Bernanke, brought up in an observant Jewish household in Dillon, South Carolina, succeeds Alan Greenspan, who served more than 18 years. Bernanke was approved in a voice vote Tuesday with strong bipartisan support.
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