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Terrell McSweeny
11 September 2009
The Vice President’s domestic policy advisor puts her carefully honed legal and political skills to work in the battle for health care reform
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The Obamasphere: Champions of the Campaign
17 January 2009
STEVE HILDEBRAND The South Dakota native served as Obama’s deputy national director during the campaign. A veteran of South Dakota House and Senate campaigns, he managed Tom Daschle’s losing re-election bid in 2004, Senator Tim Johnson’s re-election in 2002 and Al Gore’s Iowa caucus victory in 2000. DAVID PLOUFFE This masterful campaigner was credited by Obama [...]
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The Obamasphere: Washington Supporters
17 January 2009
MAXINE ISAACS The press secretary for the Mondale campaign (where she met husband Jim Johnson, who served as campaign chairman) Isaacs is still very much involved in politics and political giving. The Harvard Kennedy School lecturer wrote her dissertation on the relationship between elite and mass opinion on American foreign policy. JIM JOHNSON The prominent Washingtonian and former [...]
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The Obamasphere: Political Allies
17 January 2009
HARRY REID The Senate majority leader developed a reputation for sparring with President Bush and Senate Republicans after he assumed the party’s leadership in 2005. As a member of the Obama’s own party, this former Nevada gaming commissioner and convert to Mormonism is poised to play a pivotal role in advancing the president’s legislative agenda. PATRICK [...]
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The Obamasphere: Economic Policy
17 January 2009
PAUL VOLCKER Longtime chairman of the Federal Reserve under Presidents Carter and Reagan, Volcker is now serving as chairman of the newly formed Economic Advisory Board. This 6-foot-7 avid fly-fisherman and farmers’ rights advocate once had protesting farmers park their tractors on C Street during a demonstration in the early ’80s. MICHAEL FROMAN Another Harvard Law School classmate [...]
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The Obamasphere: Foreign Policy
17 January 2009
SUSAN RICE Known for speaking her mind, Obama’s pick for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is a protégé of former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and an expert in trans-national threats, global poverty, and failed states, having earned her chops as one of the youngest ever assistant secretaries of state during the Clinton administration. ADM. DENNIS [...]
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The Obamasphere: Domestic Policy
17 January 2009
MELODY BARNES Barnes leaves the Center for American Progress to serve as Obama’s director of domestic policy. The smart and stylish lawyer was named one of Washingtonian’s “Ten Well-Dressed Women” in 2007, wherein she described her style as “understated but interesting.” Will the same hold true for her leadership qualities? PETER ORSZAG Another Rubin protégé, Orszag has been [...]
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The Obamasphere: The White House
17 January 2009
PETE ROUSE Ready to leave politics after Sen. Tom Daschle’s defeat, this Hill veteran, known as “The 101st senator” will serve as senior advisor to the president. According to Bret Bair of Fox News, “he won’t be someone we see, but his fingerprints may be on many of the moves the Obama White House makes, especially [...]
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The Obamasphere: Cabinet
17 January 2009
JOE BIDEN One of the least wealthy members of the Senate, the future veep and foreign policy guru will be getting a raise to go with his new digs. Amtrakers will miss him, but Washington is happy to welcome the Biden express; none more so than the press corps, who are counting on him for straight [...]
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