Melody Barnes: Obama's Domestic Policy Council Head

Melody Barnes: Obama's Domestic Policy Council Head

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Melody Barnes of the Center For American Progress, has been tapped to lead President-elect Barack Obama's Domestic Policy Council.

Barnes was featured at Obama's press conference today, though ThinkProgress had the story earlier in the day:

My ThinkProgress colleagues are reporting that Melody Barnes, who was at CAP before I got on board, will head the Domestic Policy Council in the Obama White House. The DPC is in charge of interagency coordination and policy formation for such topics as education, immigration, criminal justice, and health care -- in short, domestic policy. This hasn't been a very high-profile role under the Bush administration since Bush doesn't really believe in domestic policy aside from tax cuts, but for an administration that's trying to play a constructive role in American life it's a very important job.

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