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To: mph who wrote (316754)	7/26/2009 5:12:52 PM
From: skinowski	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793914

Interesting that Obama is creating something like a second executive structure. Without going into the legalities of all this - I'm told that what he does is probably legal - it is curious that he elects to bypass, in many cases, the existing bureaucracies. Very revolutionary approach, it seems, if that's what it is. Why bother fighting entrenched traditionalist bureaucrats if you can build a parallel system and get things done through it. I suppose, people who like what the Prez is doing should like this approach. Those who disagree have good reasons to worry about it.

To: mph who wrote (316754)	7/27/2009 2:44:55 AM
From: KLP	3 Recommendations Respond to of 793914

What do these people do that the various US departments don't do? Maybe it is smart to just fire all the rest of the government agencies employees, and pay these people to do everything that should be done.... Obama’s Czars (is your name on this list?) July 14th, 2009 tparty2.com Pres Obama’s first 30 Czars. I don’t even think this is all of them. What do these Czars do? Who do they answer to? How much are they costing us? How many more to come? 1. Herb Allison-TARP Czar 2. Alan Bersin-Border Czar 3. Dennis Blair-Intelligence Czar 4. David Blumenthal-Health Infotech Czar 5. John Brennan-Terrorism Czar 6. Carol Browner-Energy Czar 7. Adolfo Carrion, Jr-Urban Affairs Czar 8. Ashton Carter-Weapons Czar 9. Aneesh Chopra-Technology Czar 10. Jeffrey Crowley-AIDS Czar 11. Cameron Davis-Great Lakes Czar 12. Nancy-Ann DeParle-Health Czar 13. Earl Devaney-Stimulus Accountability Czar 14. Joshua DuBois-Faith-based Czar 15. Kenneth Feinberg-Pay Czar 16. Danny Fried-Guantanamo Closure Czar 17. J. Scott Gration-Sudan Czar 18. Richard Holbrooke-Afghanistan Czar 19. John Holdren-Science Czar 20. Van Jones Green-Jobs Czar 21. Gil Kerlikowske-Drug Czar 22. Vivek Kundra-Information Czar 23. George Mitchell-Mideast Peace Czar 24. Ed Montgomery-Car Czar 25. Dennis Ross-Mideast Policy Czar 26. Gary Samore-WMD Czar 27. Todd Stern-Climate Czar 28. Cass Sunstein-Regulatory Czar 29. Paul Volcker-Economic Czar 30. Jeffrey Zients-Government performance Czar