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“Insiders with ties to the Obama administration tell The Cable that U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice has become the heir apparent to National Security Advisor Tom Donilon — a post at the epicenter of foreign-policy decision making and arguably more influential than secretary of state, a job for which she withdrew her [...]
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Who Is Lisa Monaco, the White House’s Counterterrorism Adviser?
Posted by admin on April 16th, 2013
After two explosions rocked the Boston Marathon on Monday, President Obama huddled with some of his closest advisers. In the Oval Office was Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and FBI Director Robert Mueller, who sat with his chin in his hands and a white binder in his lap. Across from the engraved wooden desk to [...]
Former Arthur Levitt adviser eyed for possible SEC post: sources
Posted by admin on April 12th, 2013
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Jo White is eyeing a former adviser to ex-SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt as a potential contender for a key post in the division that oversees financial markets, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Joseph Lombard, a market structure expert at law firm Murphy [...]
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No Comments »Coming Up on ‘This Week’: Obama Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer; Two Powerhouse Roundtables
Posted by admin on April 5th, 2013
As battles brew at home and overseas, George Stephanopoulos speaks to Obama senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer, Sunday on “This Week.” As North Korea ratchets up its military maneuvers, threatening to test new missiles and re-start its nuclear program, how serious is the threat, and how… Tweet This Post
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Posted by admin on April 4th, 2013
White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer doesn’t understand why Congressional support for universal background checks for gun purchases is waning. “I’ve been in politics a long time,” he said at Politico’s Playbook Breakfast Wednesday. “I very rarely run into a 90-percent issue. … Universal background checks… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post
Obama Might Tap Rice as National Security Adviser
Posted by admin on March 10th, 2013
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, who lost out in a bruising bid for the job of secretary of state, “has emerged as far and away the front-runner to succeed Thomas Donilon as President Obama’s national security adviser later this year,” the Washington Post reports. Tweet This Post
Need a laugh? Former Dubya adviser says Sarah Palin is not ‘competent enough’ for Fox ‘News’
Posted by admin on March 8th, 2013
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Stuart Stevens, Romney Campaign Adviser: ‘Campaigns Are About Actions, Not Feelings’
Posted by admin on March 6th, 2013
This week we asked Mitt Romney 2012 campaign senior adviser Stuart Stevens to answer five questions about the recent presidential campaign, Twitter and what lies ahead for him. 1) Regarding this past presidential election, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich wrote that you are “indifferent to the… Tweet This Post
Exclusive: Obama adviser Deese in running for deputy budget chief – sources
Posted by admin on March 5th, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House economic adviser Brian Deese is a leading candidate to become deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, according to sources familiar with the matter. Deese, now deputy director of the White House's National Economic Council, would join Sylvia Mathews Burwell, currently president of the Walmart Foundation, whom Obama [...]
Energy policy shifting as abundance replaces scarcity: Obama adviser
Posted by admin on February 28th, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As U.S. oil and natural gas production booms, the Obama administration's energy policy has been "fluid" by necessity to adapt to the huge economic opportunities and climate challenges posed by growth, the top White House energy and climate adviser said on Wednesday. In a speech to a room packed with energy analysts [...]
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