Barack Obama Appointments

Obama Makes Nomination For New Leadership Position

AP | Posted 12.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is nominating a senior counselor to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to head a new government office set up to...

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Vetting Obama's Judges: The Case for Chris Schroeder

Victor Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama needs to keep the Senate queue full of judicial nominations and use the bully pulpit to demand timely confirmation. Judge confirmations and GOP obstruction should be a mid-term campaign issue.

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Recess Appointments: Obama Prepares to Implement "Yes We Can!"

Victor Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama can and should fill federal vacancies with the stroke of his pen. In this time of crisis, history may judge harshly if he fails to do so.

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Obama's Regulation Czar Nominee Sunstein Faces Scrutiny

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harvard Law School professor Cass R. Sunstein, a widely admired intellectual and friend of President Obama, has spent years delving into the obscure i...

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Obama Appoints Openly-Gay Hochberg To Run Export-Import Bank

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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A source tells me Fred Hochberg, an openly gay former Clinton Administration official, will be named to head the Export-Import Bank. Hochberg, who wa...

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Nancy Killefer: Obama's Chief Performance Officer

AP | MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN and LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Nancy Killefer withdrew her candidacy to be the first chief performance officer for the federal government on Tuesday, saying she d...

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