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    And, in fact, every single critical figure in this White House has been there from the start: political guru Karl Rove, secretary of state Condi Rice, former speechwriter, now policy czar, Michael Gerson, budget director Josh Bolten, and national security adviser Stephen Hadley. Hadley, according to the Post, schedules a full battery of meetings on Saturdays as well. Full Article at Democratic National Committee: Blog
    And, in fact, every single critical figure in this White House has been there from the start: political guru Karl Rove, secretary of state Condi Rice, former speechwriter, now policy czar, Michael Gerson, budget director Josh Bolten, and national security adviser Stephen Hadley. Hadley, according to the Post, schedules a full battery of meetings on Saturdays as well.
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The Bush Czars
  1. James Rispoli, a key Department of Energy official for Hanford cleanup, plans a visit to the Tri-Cities next week. The assistant secretary for environmental management is scheduled to speak at a meeting of DOE's Environmental Management Advisory Board in Richland. He's held the position, sometimes refer...
    SOURCE: Democratic National Committee: Blog 2 months ago
  2. There's been lots of U.S. czars since then right up to food safety czar, David Atchison, who took office this month.
    SOURCE: Democratic National Committee: Blog 2 months ago
  3. On Aug. 21, Jay Hein became the third director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives.
    SOURCE: Democratic National Committee: Blog 2 months ago
  4. At the same time, the resignation of White House budget director Rob Portman, who is returning home to Ohio possibly to run for governor, has led to the appointment of former Congressman Jim Nussle as the new budget czar.
    SOURCE: Democratic National Committee: Blog 2 months ago
  5. Gen. Wayne Downing, said to be tired of battles with Pentagon's Rumsfeld, exits as the post-Sept. 11 counterterrorism czar at the White House National Security Council.
    SOURCE: Democratic National Committee: Blog 2 months ago
  6. Former Homeland Security czar Tom Ridge remained the dutiful Bush & Co. team player throughout his tenure. Once he left the organization, however, he became increasingly forthcoming.
    SOURCE: Democratic National Committee: Blog 2 months ago
  7. President Bush avoided a nasty confirmation battle by appointing Susan Dudley as his regulatory czar while Congress was out of town. The recess appointment avoided the need for Senate confirmation of Dudley, who has been criticized as being an anti-regulatory extremist by consumer groups, labor unions a...
    SOURCE: Democratic National Committee: Blog 2 months ago
  8. President Bush today nominated as his drug czar John P. Walters, who has long argued for jail time over voluntary treatment for drug offenders, calling him the man to battle illegal drugs that rob people ‘of innocence and ambition and hope.’
    SOURCE: Democratic National Committee: Blog 2 months ago
  9. The curious case of John Graham, the ‘regulatory czar,’ who can block any new regulation from his position inside the Office of Management and Budget, has attracted some attention because of Graham's unusual public record.
    SOURCE: Democratic National Committee: Blog 2 months ago

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