Dancing with the Czars
By David Kramer
October 25, 2009
In case you wanted to keep score:
| Energy and Environment Czar Carol Browner (whose official title is Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change) |
Health Czar Nancy Ann DeParle (Counselor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Health Reform) |
International Climate Czar Todd Stern (Special Envoy for Climate Change) |
| Guantanamo Closure Czar Daniel Fried (Special Envoy to Oversee the Closure of the Detention Center at Guantanamo Bay) |
Urban Affairs Czar Adolfo Carrion Jr. (White House Director of Urban Affairs) |
Pay Czar Kenneth Feinberg (Special Master on Executive Pay) |
| Afghanistan Czar Richard Holbrooke (Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan) |
Auto Recovery Czar Ed Montgomery (Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers) |
Car Czar (Manufacturing Policy) Ron Bloom (Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury) |
| Domestic Violence Czar Lynn Rosenthal (White House Advisor on Violence Against Women) |
Economic Czar Paul Volcker (Chairman of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board) |
Senior Director for Information Sharing Policy (falls under the classification of “Czar”) Mike Resnick |
| WMD Policy Czar Gary Samore (White House Coordinator for Weapons of Mass Destruction, Security and Arms Control) |
Great Lakes Czar Cameron Davis (Special advisor to the U.S. EPA overseeing its Great Lakes restoration plan) |
Central Region Czar Dennis Ross |
| Border Czar Alan Bersin (Special Representative for Border Affairs and Assistant Secretary of State for International Affairs) |
Green Jobs Czar (unfilled) |
Cybersecurity Czar (unfilled) |
Of course, in Obama’s case, they really should be called Commi-czars.
Pet "Pollution"? Better Call PETA