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Jay Carney: 5 Facts About the New White House Press Secretary [VIDEO]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsWelcome to the hot seat, Jay Carney. As many media outlets predicted, Vice President Joe Biden's director of communications will replace Robert Gibbs as the White House press secretary. The change takes effect in February. Surge Desk has the facts on the man who's about to live under a barrage of questions. 1. He's already impressed the boss Sources told Fox News that Carney "hit it out of the park" during the selection process, which required face time with President Barack Obama, senior adviser David Plouffe and new Chief of Staff Bill Daley. 2. His band mate got him into ...
Gene Sperling: 5 Facts on Obama's New National Economic Council Chief
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsPresident Barack Obama officially named Gene Sperling as Larry Summers' replacement to head the National Economic Council today. Sperling was mentioned early and often in the speculation game over who would step in after Summers' departure. Here are the basics on the man who will have enormous influence on economic decisions: 1. He knows his way around the NEC Sperling first served on the National Economic Council during the Clinton administration. From 1993 to 1996, he was the council's deputy director under Robert Rubin. Sperling then moved to NEC director, serving in the role from ...
Opinion: Reactions to Obama's Chief of Staff Pick
By not in system - AOL NewsWilliam Daley, the Midwest chairman of JPMorgan Chase and former Clinton commerce secretary, will be President Barack Obama's new chief of staff, according to White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. Pete Rouse, the interim chief of staff, will stay in the West Wing as a counselor to the president. From the Atlantic Wire The choice, for one of the most powerful positions in Washington, is controversial. Daley's business experience could prove valuable as the White House seeks to mend its relationship with corporate America, and his centrist ideology could help the ...
Howard Dean: Health Care Mandate Doomed, Tea Party Uneasy About Diversity
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyHoward Dean -- doctor, former presidential candidate, former Democratic Party chairman and former Vermont governor -- says the new health care law's individual mandate requiring people to buy health insurance is doomed and not necessary for the law to succeed. Dean offered up that unvarnished opinion and others Wednesday at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast, including his views on the upcoming White House staff shake-up and Speaker John Boehner's challenges with a tea party movement that Dean says is having trouble embracing the nation's demographic diversity. On 2012, Dean reiterated ...
Burris Vows Not to Resign Until Every Illinoisan Is Humiliated
By Dylan and Ethan Ris - Politics DailyBefore we go any further: Yes, "Illinoisan" is a word. There's even a newspaper with that word in the title.And if that paper's readers weren't embarrassed enough by getting their news from an entity that just brazenly rewrites the dictionary like that, well there's someone out there to pick up the slack...Their state's junior senator, Roland Burris.Burris, who has been told to resign by Governor Pat Quinn, Senator Dick Durbin, the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune, and local political goon Bill Daley, refuses to heed their calls. U.S. Senator Roland Burris, under pressure to resign after ...
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