Barack Obama administration
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Muckety news stories featuring Barack Obama administration
When the White House switches parties, the lineup changes at the think tanks.
July 8, 2009
Jon Favreau, President Barack Obama's speechwriter, is one of the administration's most highly paid employees.
July 6, 2009
The baby born to Obama team members Samantha Power and Cass Sunstein is but one illustration of the family ties binding the Obama administration.
May 11, 2009
From the outset of his political career, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke was bullish about business.
April 10, 2009
Barack Obama has chosen Christina D. Romer, currently a member of the Economics Department at the University of California, Berkeley, to be the head of the Council of Economic Advisers.
November 26, 2008
No team of rivals, this. Top members of the president-elect's economic team - Timothy Geithner, Lawrence Summers and Peter Orszag - are all proteges of former Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, one of the Democratic architects of the financial deregulation undertaken in the Clinton years.
November 24, 2008
People related to Barack Obama administration:
Rolena Adorno - National Council on the Humanities member
Russlynn H. Ali - assistant education secretary
Anthony Marion Babauta - assistant Interior secretary
Roger W. Baker - assistant VA secretary
David Barron - principal deputy, office legal counsel
John R. Bass - U.S. ambassador to Georgia
R. Rand Beers - Homeland Security under secretary
Emmett Beliveau - White House director of advance
Regina M. Benjamin - surgeon general
Jeremy Bernard - White House social secretary
Jared Bernstein - vice president's economic policy adviser
M. John Berry - head, office of personnel management
Christopher P. Bertram - assistant transportation secretary
Joseph R. Biden Jr. - vice president
Robert O. Blake - assistant State Department secretary
Rebecca M. Blank - Commerce deputy secretary
Antony Blinken - national security adviser to the vice president
Molly S. Boast - deputy assistant attorney general for civil matters (antitrust)
Phyllis C. Borzi - assistant Labor secretary
Raphael Bostic - assistant HUD secretary
April S. Boyd - assistant Commerce secretary
Lael Brainard - treasury under secretary
John O. Brennan - deputy national security adviser
Lanny A. Breuer - assistant attorney general
Esther Brimmer - assistant secretary of state
Elizabeth M. Brown - White House staff secretary
Susan Flood Burk - special representative to the president
William J. Burns - under secretary - political affairs
James Carney - press secretary
Adolfo Carrion Jr. - White House director of urban affairs
Ashton B. Carter - defense acquisitions czar
William F. Cavanaugh Jr. - assistant attorney general
Steven Chu - energy secretary
James R. Clapper - national intelligence director
Hillary Rodham Clinton - secretary of state
David S. Cohen - Treasury under secretary
Francis S. Collins - NIH director
Cristeta Comerford - White House executive chef
William V. Corr - deputy HHS secretary
Brenda Dann-Messier - assistant education secretary
Jo-Ellen Darcy - assistant secretary of the Army
Nancy-Ann DeParle - White House health czar
Michelle DePass - assistant EPA administrator
Michael C. Donilon - counselor to the VP
Thomas E. Donilon - White House deputy national security adviser
Michael B. Donley - secretary of the Air Force
Shaun Donovan - HUD secretary
Derek Douglas - special assistant for urban affairs
Joshua DuBois - director of faith-based partnerships
Tammy Duckworth - assistant secretary, veterans' affairs
Arne S. Duncan - education secretary
Ezekiel Emanuel - health care policy adviser
Joan M. Evans - assistant secretary of veterans affairs
Jonathan E. Favreau - director of speechwriting
Jeffrey D. Feltman - assistant secretary
John R. Fernandez - assistant secretary of commerce
James B. Foley - U.S. ambassador to Croatia
Thomas R. Frieden - CDC director
Michael B.G. Froman - deputy assistant to the president
Jocelyn C. Frye - policy & projects director to Michelle Obama
Jose Antonio Garcia - director of Energy Office of Minority Impact
Alexander G. Garza - assistant secretary of homeland security
Timothy F. Geithner - treasury secretary
Gary G. Gensler - chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Ian Gershengorn - deputy assistant attorney general
Cynthia J. Giles - assistant EPA administrator
Gabriella Gomez - assistant education secretary
Eric P. Goosby - AIDS czar
Philip H. Gordon - assistant secretary of state
Rose Gottemoeller - assistant secretary of state
Michael J. Gottleib - associate counsel
W. Scott Gould - deputy veterans affairs secretary
Danielle C. Gray - associate counsel
Kenneth E. Gross Jr. - U.S. ambassador to Tajikistan
Seth D. Harris - deputy secretary of labor
David F. Heyman - assistant Homeland Security secretary
Heather A. Higginbottom - domestic policy council, deputy director
Fred P. Hochberg - chair, Export-Import Bank
Eric H. Holder Jr. - attorney general
John P. Holdren - White House science adviser
Craig E. Hooks - assistant EPA administrator
Lisa P. Jackson - EPA administrator
Valerie B. Jarrett - senior adviser
Kerri-Ann Jones - assistant secretary of state
Helen R. Kanovsky - HUD general counsel
Martha J. Kanter - education under secretary
Sam Kass - White House chef
Cody Keenan - speechwriter
R. Gil Kerlikowske - drug czar
T. Michael Kerr - assistant Labor secretary
Cameron F. Kerry - Commerce Department counsel
Bradley J. Kiley - director of management and administration
Elizabeth L. King - assistant defense secretary
Ronald Kirk - U.S. trade representative
Harold H. Koh - State Department legal adviser
Howard K. Koh - assistant HHS secretary
Steven E. Koonin - Energy under secretary
Susan L. Kurland - assistant secretary of transportation
Ray H. LaHood - transportation secretary
Jerry P. Lanier - U.S. ambassador to Uganda
Martin S. Lederman - deputy assistant attorney general
Joe Leonard Jr. - assistant agriculture secretary for civil rights
Stuart A. Levey - Treasury under secretary
Jacob J. Lew - chief of staff
Reginald L. Love - personal aide to Barack Obama
Christopher P. Lu - White House cabinet secretary
Jane Lubchenco - NOAA administrator
Jane H. Lute - Homeland Security deputy secretary
Raymond E. Mabus - secretary of the Navy
George W. Madison - Treasury general counsel
Shawn P. Maher - deputy director of legislative affairs
Joseph A. Main - assistant labor secretary
Demetrios J. Marantis - deputy U.S. trade representative
Capricia P. Marshall - chief of protocol
Alyssa M. Mastromonaco - scheduling director
Denis McDonough - deputy national security adviser
Brian McKeon - deputy assistant to the president
Daniel J. Meltzer - principal deputy White House counsel
Kathleen A. Merrigan - deputy agriculture secretary
Anthony W. Miller - deputy education secretary
Karen Gordon Mills - Small Business Administration administrator
John T. Morton - assistant secretary of Homeland Security
Brian Mosteller - deputy director of Oval Office operations
George D. Mulligan Jr. - deputy assistant to the president
Semonti Mustaphi - deputy press secretary for Michelle Obama
Robert Nabors - director of legislative affairs
Michael L. Nacht - assistant defense secretary
Janet A. Napolitano - homeland security secretary
Marvin Nicholson - White House trip director
Jane Oates - assistant labor secretary
Barack Obama - president
Courtney O'Donnell - communications director for Jill Biden
Esther M. Olavarria - deputy assistant secretary, homeland security
Jennifer M. Palmieri - deputy communications director
Leon E. Panetta - defense secretary
Thomas E. Perez - assistant attorney general for civil rights
Thomas J. Perrelli - associate attorney general
Dan Pfeiffer - deputy communications director
Robert M. Phillips III - White House new media director
Joseph G. Pizarchik - director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
David Plouffe - senior adviser to the president
Daniel B. Poneman - deputy secretary of Energy
Michael H. Posner - assistant secretary of state
Alexa E. Posny - assistant education secretary
Stephen J. Rapp - ambassador at large
Dan Restrepo - special assistant to the president
Benjamin J. Rhodes - foreign policy speechwriter
Susan E. Rice - U.S. ambassador to UN
Rosa Gumatao Rios - treasurer
Blake Roberts - deputy associate counsel
Peter M. Rogoff - federal transit administrator
Peter M. Rouse - counselor
Kathryn H. Ruemmler - White House counsel
Ken Salazar - interior secretary
Bryan H. Samuels - commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families
Miriam E. Sapiro - deputy trade representative
Phil Schiliro - director of legislative affairs
Howard A. Schmidt - cybersecurity coordinator
Christopher Schroeder - assistant attorney general
Kathleen Sebelius - health and human services secretary
John U. Sepulveda - assistant Veterans Affairs secretary
Kate Shaw - associate counsel to the president
Phil Shiliro - legislative affairs director
Eric K. Shinseki - veterans affairs secretary
Elizabeth Sears Smith - deputy cabinet secretary
M. Patricia Smith - solicitor of labor
Mary L. Smith - assistant attorney general
Hilda L. Solis - labor secretary
Pete Souza - chief White House photographer
Kenneth A. Spearman - Farm Credit Administration board member
Mathy V. Stanislaus - assistant EPA administrator
Todd Stern - special envoy for climate change
Paul N. Stockton - assistant defense secretary
Michael Strautmanis - deputy assistant to the president
Lawrence E. Strickling - assistant Commerce secretary
Rhea Suh - assistant Interior secretary
Joseph C. Szabo - federal railroad administrator
Ellen O. Tauscher - State Department under secretary
Teddy B. Taylor - U.S. ambassador to Papua New Guinea
Christina M. Tchen - chief of staff to the first lady
Kimberly K. Teehee - senior policy adviser for Native American Affairs
Dallas P. Tonsager - agriculture under secretary
Ines R. Triay - assistant energy secretary
Daniel A. Turton - deputy director of legislative affairs
Christine A. Varney - assistant attorney general
Richard R. Verma - assistant secretary of state
Melanne Verveer - ambassador-at-large for global women's issues
Michael G. Vickers - under secretary of defense
Tom Vilsack - agriculture secretary
Ronald H. Weich - assistant attorney general
D. Anthony West - director, Justice Department's civil division
William J. Wilkins - IRS chief counsel
Neal S. Wolin - deputy treasury secretary
Robert O. Work - Navy under secretary
Terry A. Yonkers - assistant Air Force secretary
Heather Zichal - deputy assistant for energy &climate change
Other current Barack Obama administration relationships:
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty - critic of energy policy
American Enterprise Institute - critic of energy policy
American Legislative Exchange Council - critic of energy policy
Americans for Prosperity - funding attack ads
Competitive Enterprise Institute - critic of energy policy
George C. Marshall Institute - critic of energy policy
Heritage Foundation - critic of energy policy
Mackinac Center for Public Policy - critic of energy policy
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research - critic of energy policy
Reason Foundation - critic of energy policy
Texas Public Policy Foundation - critic of energy policy
Barack Obama administration past relationships:
Herbert M. Allison Jr. - assistant Treasury secretary
David Axelrod - senior adviser to the president
J. Randolph Babbitt - FAA administrator
Melody C. Barnes - domestic policy council, director
Michael S. Barr - assistant Treasury secretary
Robert F. Bauer - White House counsel
Dennis C. Blair - national intelligence director
Jeffrey L. Bleich - special counsel to the president
Ronald W. Bloom - assistant to the president
David Blumenthal - coordinator for health information technology
Carol M. Browner - energy czar
Cassandra Q. Butts - deputy White House counsel
Louis E. Caldera - assistant to the president & director of the White House military office
Jonathan Z. Cannon - EPA deputy administrator nominee
Gregory B. Craig - White House counsel
Philip J. Crowley - assistant secretary of state
Mariano-Florentino Cuellar - special assistant to the president
Stephanie A. Cutter - assistant to the president for special projects
William M. Daley - chief of staff
Tom Daschle - nominee for health and human services secretary
Mary DeRosa - deputy counsel to the president for national security affairs
Anita B. Dunn - communications director
Norman L. Eisen - special counsel to the president
Rahm I. Emanuel - White House chief of staff
Michele A. Flournoy - under secretary of defense
Chas. W. Freeman Jr. - National Intelligence Council chairman nominee
Elizabeth Garrett - assistant Treasury secretary nominee
Patrick H. Gaspard - White House political director
Robert M. Gates - defense secretary
Michelle D. Gavin - special assistant to the president
Robert L. Gibbs - press secretary
Donald H. Gips - director of presidential personnel
Austan D. Goolsbee - council of economic advisers chairman, director, Economic Recovery Board
Judd A. Gregg - commerce secretary nominee
Wallace Gregson Jr. - assistant defense secretary
Scott Blake Harris - energy department counsel
James T. Heimbach - special assistant to the president for legislative affairs
Richard C. Holbrooke (deceased) - special envoy to Afghanistan, Pakistan
Jon M. Huntsman Jr. - ambassador to China
Charles A. Hurley - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief
Dawn E. Johnsen - director nominee, Office of Legal Counsel
Camille Y. Johnston - communications director for Michelle Obama
James L. Jones Jr. - national security adviser
Elena Kagan - solicitor general
Neal K. Katyal - deputy solicitor general
Nancy Killefer - nominee for chief performance officer
Ronald A. Klain - chief of staff to the vice president
Alan B. Krueger - assistant Treasury secretary
Ben LaBolt - White House assistant press secretary
David J. Lane - assistant to the president & counselor to the chief of staff
Katie McCormick Lelyveld - press secretary for Michelle Obama
Gary F. Locke - commerce secretary
William J. Lynn - deputy defense secretary
Judith A. McHale - State Department under secretary
James A. Messina - deputy White House chief of staff
James W. Miller - under secretary for agriculture
George J. Mitchell - Mideast envoy
Kalpen Modi - associate director, White House Office of Public Engagement
Ellen Moran - communications director
David W. Ogden - deputy attorney general
Peter R. Orszag - budget director
Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry - task force
Donald M. Remy - U.S. Army counsel nominee
Bill Richardson - commerce secretary nominee
Desiree G. Rogers - White House social secretary
Christina D. Romer - council of economic advisers chairman
Charles P. Rose - education department counsel
Cecilia Rouse - Council of Economic Advisers member
Robin Schepper - executive director, first lady's anti-obesity initiative
Rajiv Shah - agriculture under secretary
Carl Shapiro - assistant attorney general
Julianna Smoot - White House social secretary
James B. Steinberg - deputy secretary of state
Thomas L. Strickland - assistant secretary for fish and wildlife and parks
Lawrence H. Summers - National Economic Council chairman
Mona K. Sutphen - assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. - deputy counsel to the president
Elizabeth Warren - assistant to the president
Catherine Radford Zoi - assistant energy secretary
The Barack Obama administration is the forty-fourth presidential administration in the U.S., beginning in 2009.
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