Obama To Establish Urban Policy Office

Washington Post:

The intense back-stabbing amongst Democrats for top jobs in the Obama administration assumes there are a fixed number of jobs worth having. But it's looking likely that some extremely choice, even consequential, jobs are going to be created by the new administration.

For example, plans are underway to establish a White House Office of Urban Policy in order to better coordinate federal efforts to help America's cities, according to Obama transition co-chair Valerie Jarrett.

"He's going to have a White House chief of urban policy," Jarrett told the Trotter Group, an organization of black columnists.

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Comments

[kesiac]

I just love thiis man!

[kellygrrrl]

and cue the exploding heads of the SmearMerchants

[kellygrrrl]

oh, you mean he wants to help the "Fake Americans"?

[robXdion]

Good. Because the urban situation is dire. And it seems to take someone from there to actually care.