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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Sunday, January 25, 2009

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Aides say (Obama) believes the Cabinet structure is outdated because it doesn’t recognize that problems like global warming sprawl across several agencies, often requiring a sort of uber-Cabinet member – a czar – to confront them.
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posted by mikevotes at 6:36 AM

2 Comments:

  • I haven't read the piece yet, but to some degree hasn't this always been the case? We have cabinet positions that manage particular disciplines, but a nation needs to address/manage problems that require multiple disciplines, you know.

    By Blogger -epm, at 9:26 AM  

  • Yeah, but if that's a fundamental belief that shapes his view of how government works, it'll likely make for a very different power structure.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 10:50 AM  

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