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...Feldstein doesn't blame Obama or Larry Summers, the President's economy czar, whom Feldstein taught at Harvard and whom he has been advising in private in recent months. "The White House has been on the job for a few weeks," Feldstein says. "So if you said to them, 'Please design a program for improving the water supply of the United States,' Larry Summers is a brilliant guy, but he probably doesn't know a lot about water supply. And there's a committee in Congress that's been working on this for years...
...option for the White House job might be a skilled Washington hand like former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta, who oversaw the Obama transition operation. Podesta, however, has indicated that he is not interested in returning to government; sources say he turned down the White House "energy czar" job that ultimately went to former EPA Administrator Carol Browner...
...clear who Obama will nominate to replace Daschle or whether that person will hold a dual post in the White House as health-care czar, as Daschle had insisted upon. "There's a lot of impetus and momentum behind health reform, and it will continue," Axelrod said. "We'll miss Senator Daschle's leadership, but the issue has great power of its own. People feel it in their own lives, businesses feel it, and it's part of our approach to helping this economy recover...
Freeman, one of the nation’s top experts on environmental policy and regulation, has been named the counselor for energy and climate change in the White House where she will serve as senior advisor to energy and climate czar Carol M. Browner...
...then organized a release party for the album at the Roxy Club in Boston. The following year, they recorded a second compilation CD with Harvard musicians.One of Veritas’ lesser-known contributions was its role in establishing the Queen’s Head Pub. Working with then-fun czar Zachary A. Corker ’04 and Harvard Student Agencies president Daniel L. Rodriguez ’05, Siegel and Zaccagnino organized roughly 10 pub nights in Loker Commons in order to demonstrate interest in creating a social space. Ultimately, the Queen’s Head was created from...