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#1 08-25-09 11:55 pm

bob_2
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Czars a plenty

Obama&#39;s has his Czars too:  <BR> <BR><table border=1><tr><td>Czar title</TD><TD>Official title</TD><TD>Office holder</TD><TD>Tenure</TD><TD>Nature of position</TD><TD>Appointing Administration </TD></TR><TR><TD>AIDS Czar</TD><TD>National AIDS Policy Coordinator</TD><TD>Kristine Gebbie[9][10]</TD><TD>1993-1994</TD><TD>Presidential appointment</TD><TD>Bill Clinton </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy</TD><TD>Patricia Fleming[11]</TD><TD>1995-1997</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>Sandra Thurman[12]</TD><TD>1997</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>AIDS Czar</TD><TD>Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy</TD><TD>Scott Evertz[13]</TD><TD>2001-2002</TD><TD>Presidential appointment</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>Joe O&#39;Neill[13]</TD><TD>2002-2003</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>Carol Thompson[14]</TD><TD>2004-2006</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>AIDS Czar</TD><TD>Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy</TD><TD>Jeffrey Crowley[15]</TD><TD>2009-present</TD><TD>Presidential appointment</TD><TD>Barack Obama </TD></TR><TR><TD>Auto Czar[16], Car Czar[17]</TD><TD>Head of the Auto Task Force[17]</TD><TD>Steve Rattner[17]</TD><TD>2009[17]</TD><TD>Presidential appointment[citation needed]</TD><TD>Barack Obama[16] </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>Ron Bloom[17]</TD><TD>2009 - present[17]</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Bank Bailout Czar</TD><TD>United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability</TD><TD>Neel Kashkari</TD><TD>2008-present[3]</TD><TD>Pres. appointed</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD>Bioethics Czar[18]</TD><TD>Advisor to the President, Chairman of The President&#39;s Council on Bioethics[19]</TD><TD>Leon Kass[20]</TD><TD>2001-2005[19]</TD><TD>Executive order &#40;new position&#41;</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>Appointed by Pres.</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Bird flu Czar[3]</TD><TD>Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, Advisor to the President for Public Health Emergency Preparedness[3]</TD><TD>Stewart Simonson[3]</TD><TD>2004[3]-2006[citation needed]</TD><TD>Senate confirmed[citation needed]</TD><TD>George W. Bush[3] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Border Czar[21][22]</TD><TD>U.S. attorney[21] and Department of Justice&#39;s Special Representative for the Southwest Border</TD><TD>Alan Bersin</TD><TD>1995 - 1998[21]</TD><TD>Senate confirmed as U.S. Attorney[23] Appointed as Special Representative[21]</TD><TD>Bill Clinton </TD></TR><TR><TD>Border Czar[24]</TD><TD>Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs,[25] US Department of Homeland Security</TD><TD>Alan Bersin[24]</TD><TD>2009 - present[24]</TD><TD>Senate-confirmed[citation needed]</TD><TD>Barack Obama </TD></TR><TR><TD>Budget Czar[26]</TD><TD>Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget[26]</TD><TD>Joshua B. Bolten[26]</TD><TD>2004[citation needed]</TD><TD></TD><TD>George W. Bush[26] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Chief Technology Czar[16]</TD><TD>&#40;see Technology Czar below&#41;</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Cleanup Czar[27]</TD><TD>Special Assistant Attorney General &#40;to investigate corruption&#41;</TD><TD>Newbold Morris[27]</TD><TD>1952, resigned after 63 days[27]</TD><TD>Appointed by the Attorney General[27]</TD><TD>Harry S. Truman[27] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Clean Up Czar[28]</TD><TD>Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, Department of Energy &#40;nuclear clean up&#41;[29]</TD><TD>Jessie Roberson[28]</TD><TD>resigned July 2004</TD><TD>Appointed, Senate confirmed[30]</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>James Rispoli[29]</TD><TD>2005-2008</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Compensation Czar,[31] Pay Czar[32]</TD><TD>Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation[33]</TD><TD>Kenneth Feinberg</TD><TD>2009 - present[33]</TD><TD>Treasury appointment[33]</TD><TD>Barack Obama </TD></TR><TR><TD>Cyber Security Czar, Cyber Czar</TD><TD>Special Advisor to the President on Cybersecurity</TD><TD>Richard A. Clarke[34]</TD><TD>October 2001[35][36][37]</TD><TD>Presidential appointment [37]</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Director, National Cyber Security Center</TD><TD>Rod Beckstrom</TD><TD>2008-9 [38]</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Cyber Security Czar, Cyber Czar[39]</TD><TD>Director of the White House Office of Cybersecurity</TD><TD>Melissa Hathaway</TD><TD>2009 - present[citation needed]</TD><TD>Presidential appointment pending[citation needed]</TD><TD>Barack Obama </TD></TR><TR><TD>Czar of Censorship[40]</TD><TD>Director, Office of Censorship</TD><TD>Byron Price[40]</TD><TD>1941-1945[41][42]</TD><TD></TD><TD>Franklin D. Roosevelt[40] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Czar of Information[40]</TD><TD>Director Office of War Information</TD><TD>Elmer Davis[40]</TD><TD>1942-1945[43][44]</TD><TD>Executive order[43]</TD><TD>Franklin D. Roosevelt[40] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Czar of Latin American Affairs[45]</TD><TD>Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs[45]</TD><TD>Thomas C. Mann[45]</TD><TD>January 1964-March 1965[46]</TD><TD>Senate confirmed</TD><TD>Lyndon B. Johnson[45] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Czar of Manpower[40]</TD><TD>Director, War Manpower Commission</TD><TD>Paul V. McNutt[40]</TD><TD>1942-1945[47][48]</TD><TD>Executive order [47]</TD><TD>Franklin D. Roosevelt[40] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Czar of Prices[1]</TD><TD>Administrator, Office of Price Administration</TD><TD>Leon Henderson[1]</TD><TD>1942[1]</TD><TD>Executive order[1]</TD><TD>Franklin D. Roosevelt[1] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Czar of Transportation[40]</TD><TD>Director, Office of Defense Transportation</TD><TD>Joseph Bartlett Eastman[40]</TD><TD>1941-1944[49][50]</TD><TD>Executive order</TD><TD>Franklin D. Roosevelt[40] </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>1944-1945</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Czar of War Production[1]</TD><TD>Director, War Production Board, cabinet rank beginning Dec. 1944</TD><TD>Donald Nelson[1][51]</TD><TD>1942[1]</TD><TD>Executive order[1]</TD><TD>Franklin D. Roosevelt[1] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Czar of Ships[1]</TD><TD>Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission</TD><TD>Emory S. Land[1]</TD><TD>1942[1]</TD><TD>Executive order[1]</TD><TD>Franklin D. Roosevelt[1] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Domestic Czar[52]</TD><TD></TD><TD>Joe Califano[52]</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>Lyndon B. Johnson[52] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Domestic Policy Czar[53]</TD><TD>Chief Domestic Policy Coordinator, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the President, White House Deputy Chief of Staff</TD><TD>Karl Rove[54]</TD><TD>2004-2006[53]</TD><TD>Presidential appointment</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD>Domestic Violence Czar[16]</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Drug Czar</TD><TD>Head of Drug programs, Special Action Office of Drug Abuse Prevention</TD><TD>Jerome Jaffe[2][55]</TD><TD>1971</TD><TD>Presidential appointment</TD><TD>Richard Nixon </TD></TR><TR><TD>Drug Czar</TD><TD></TD><TD>Carlton Turner[56]</TD><TD>1982[57]</TD><TD>Congress mandated[57]</TD><TD>Ronald Reagan </TD></TR><TR><TD>Drug Czar</TD><TD>Director Office of National Drug Control Policy</TD><TD>William J. Bennett[58]</TD><TD>1989-1991[58]</TD><TD>Presidential appointment with senate confirmation</TD><TD>George H. W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>Bob Martinez</TD><TD>1991-1993</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Drug Czar</TD><TD>Director National Drug Control Policy</TD><TD>Lee P. Brown</TD><TD>1993-1995</TD><TD>Presidential appointment with Senate confirmation</TD><TD>Bill Clinton </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>Barry McCaffrey</TD><TD>1996-2001</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Drug Czar</TD><TD>Director National Drug Control Policy</TD><TD>John P. Walters</TD><TD>2001-2009</TD><TD>Presidential Appointment with Senate Confirmation</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD>Drug Czar[59]</TD><TD>Director National Drug Control Policy &#40;cabinet rank removed&#41;[59]</TD><TD>Gil Kerlikowske[16]</TD><TD>2009-present</TD><TD>Presidential appointment</TD><TD>Barack Obama </TD></TR><TR><TD>Economic Czar of World War II[60] Czar of Czars[40]</TD><TD>Director Office of Economic Stabilization[60]</TD><TD>James Byrnes[60]</TD><TD>1942-1943[60]</TD><TD>Executive order</TD><TD>Franklin Roosevelt[60] </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>Fred M. Vinson</TD><TD>1943-1945</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>William H. Davis</TD><TD>1945-1946</TD><TD>[61]</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Energy Czar[57]</TD><TD>Director of Office of Energy Policy</TD><TD>John Arthur Love[57]</TD><TD>1973-4[3]</TD><TD>Presidential appointment[57]</TD><TD>Richard Nixon[57] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Energy Czar[57]</TD><TD>Federal Energy Office Administrator[62]</TD><TD>William E. Simon[57]</TD><TD>1973-1974[62]</TD><TD>Presidential appointment[57]</TD><TD>Richard Nixon[57] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Energy Czar</TD><TD>Administrator Federal Energy Administration</TD><TD>John Sawhill[63]</TD><TD>1974</TD><TD>Presidential appointment[57] Senate-confirmed[citation needed]</TD><TD>Gerald Ford </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Administrator, Federal Energy Administration and Assistant to the President for Energy Affairs</TD><TD>Frank Zarb[64][65]</TD><TD>1974-1977</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Energy Czar</TD><TD>Director, Department of Energy &#40;cabinet-level position&#41;</TD><TD>James Schlesinger [66]</TD><TD>1977</TD><TD>Legislation enacted, Pres. appointed, Senate-confirmed</TD><TD>Jimmy Carter </TD></TR><TR><TD>Energy Czar,[67] Climate Czar,[68] Global Warming Czar[69]</TD><TD>Assistant to the President, White House Office of Energy and Climate Change, Energy Coordinator[67]</TD><TD>Carol Browner[16]</TD><TD>2009 - present[16]</TD><TD>Executive Order[16]</TD><TD>Barack Obama[16] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Faith-Based Czar Faith Czar[70]</TD><TD>Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives</TD><TD>Don Willett</TD><TD>2001</TD><TD>Executive order,[71]</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>John DiIulio[71]</TD><TD>2001</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>Jim Towey[70]</TD><TD>2002-2006</TD><TD>Pres. appointment</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>Jay Hein[72][73]</TD><TD>2006-2008</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Faith-Based Czar[74]</TD><TD>Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships[75]</TD><TD>Joshua DuBois</TD><TD>2009 - present[citation needed]</TD><TD>Presidential appointment[citation needed]</TD><TD>Barack Obama </TD></TR><TR><TD>Food Czar[40]</TD><TD>Food Administrator and Secretary of Agriculture[40]</TD><TD>Claude Wickard[40]</TD><TD>Food Administrator duties ended April 1943 &#40;remained Ag. Sec.&#41;[40]</TD><TD>Executive order [40]</TD><TD>Franklin D. Roosevelt </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Administrator of Food Production and Distribution[76][77]</TD><TD>Chester C. Davis[40][77]</TD><TD>April 1943[40]-June 1943[77]</TD><TD>Executive order[40]</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Food Czar[78]</TD><TD></TD><TD>Charles Luckman[78]</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>Harry S. Truman[citation needed] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Food Safety Czar[58]</TD><TD>Assistant Commissioner for Food Protection</TD><TD>Dr. David W. K. Acheson[58]</TD><TD>2007 [36][79]</TD><TD>Pres. appointment</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD>Global AIDS Czar[80]</TD><TD>United States Global AIDS Coordinator</TD><TD>Randall Tobias</TD><TD>2003-2007[36]</TD><TD>Appointed by President</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>Mark Dybul</TD><TD>2007-2009</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Green-Jobs Czar[81]</TD><TD>Special advisor for green jobs, enterprise, and innovation in the White House[81]</TD><TD>Van Jones[81]</TD><TD>2009 - present[81]</TD><TD>Presidential appointment[81]</TD><TD>Barack Obama </TD></TR><TR><TD>Guantanamo Base Closure Czar[82]</TD><TD>US Department of State special envoy</TD><TD>Daniel Fried</TD><TD>2009 - present[82]</TD><TD>Appointed by Secretary of State[82]</TD><TD>Barack Obama </TD></TR><TR><TD>Health Care Czar[83]Health Czar[57]</TD><TD>Senior Advisor for Policy Development</TD><TD>Ira Magaziner[57][84]</TD><TD>1993[57]</TD><TD>Presidential appointment[57]</TD><TD>Bill Clinton </TD></TR><TR><TD>Health Care Czar[85]</TD><TD>Director of the White House Office of Health Reform</TD><TD>Nancy-Ann DeParle</TD><TD>2009 - present[16]</TD><TD>Executive Order[16]</TD><TD>Barack Obama[16] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Health Czar for WTC, World Trade Center Health Czar[86][87]</TD><TD>Special coordinator to respond to health effects of September 11 attacks, World Trade Center &#40;WTC&#41; Medical Monitoring and Treatment Program[88] also served as Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health</TD><TD>John Howard[87]</TD><TD>2006-2008</TD><TD>President Appointed</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD>Health IT Czar</TD><TD>National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services</TD><TD>David J. Brailer</TD><TD>2004-2006[89][90]</TD><TD>Executive order &#40;new position&#41;, appointed by Sec. of HHS[89]</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD>Homeland Security Czar[91]</TD><TD>Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security</TD><TD>Michael Chertoff [91][92]</TD><TD>2005-2009</TD><TD>Presidential appointment with Senate Confirmation[93]</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD>Housing Czar[94]</TD><TD></TD><TD>Wilson Wyatt[94]</TD><TD>1946[94]</TD><TD></TD><TD>Harry S. Truman[94] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Hurricane Katrina Recovery Czar[58][95]</TD><TD>Federal Coordinator of Hurricane Katrina Recovery Effort</TD><TD>Donald E. Powell [95]</TD><TD>2005[95]</TD><TD>Presidential appointment[95]</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD>Inflation Czar[96]</TD><TD>Special Trade Representative, Chief U.S. trade negotiator</TD><TD>Robert Strauss[97][98][99]</TD><TD>1978</TD><TD></TD><TD>Jimmy Carter </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Advisor to the President, Chairman Council on Wage and Price Stability</TD><TD>Alfred Kahn[100]</TD><TD>1977-1980</TD><TD>Presidential appointment</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Infotech Czar[citation needed]</TD><TD>Chief Information Officer of the United States[101]</TD><TD>Vivek Kundra</TD><TD>2009 - present[citation needed]</TD><TD>Presidential appointment[citation needed]</TD><TD>Barack Obama </TD></TR><TR><TD>Intelligence Czar[102]</TD><TD>Director of National Intelligence[102]</TD><TD>John Negroponte</TD><TD>2005-2007[102]</TD><TD>Congress mandated &#40;new position&#41; presidential appointment with Senate confirmation[102][103]</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>John Michael McConnell</TD><TD>2005-2009</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Intelligence Czar</TD><TD>Director of National Intelligence[104]</TD><TD>Retired Admiral Dennis Blair[104]</TD><TD>2009-present</TD><TD>Presidential appointment with Senate confirmation</TD><TD>Barack Obama[104] </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>[104]</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Manufacturing Czar [105]</TD><TD>Assistant Secretary for manufacturing and services, U.S. Commerce Department [105]</TD><TD>Albert Frink[106]</TD><TD>2004-2007[36][105][107]</TD><TD>Senate confirmed[105]</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD>William G. Sutton[108]</TD><TD>2007-2008</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Mobilization Czar,[109][110] &#34;The Co-President&#34;,[111] Czar of the civilian economy[112]</TD><TD>Director, Office of Defense Mobilization[110] 19 separate mobilization agencies controlled most every aspect of the economy[111]</TD><TD>Charles E. Wilson[110][112]</TD><TD>1950[110][112]</TD><TD>Executive order[110]</TD><TD>Harry S. Truman[110][112] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Oil Czar</TD><TD>Petroleum Coordinator for National Defense, Secretary of the Interior</TD><TD>Harold L. Ickes [113]</TD><TD>1941[citation needed] - 1946[114]</TD><TD>Senate confirmed as Secy of Interior</TD><TD>Franklin D. Roosevelt </TD></TR><TR><TD>Performance Czar[115]</TD><TD>United States Chief Performance Officer and deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget[115]</TD><TD>Nancy Killefer[115]</TD><TD>2009[115] - 2009[117]</TD><TD>Senate Confirmed[116]</TD><TD>Barack Obama[115][116] </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>[116] presidential appointment with Senate confirmation[102]</TD><TD>Jeffrey Zients[116]</TD><TD>2009[116] - present</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Patronage Czar[114]</TD><TD></TD><TD>Bob Hannegan[114]</TD><TD>1946[114]</TD><TD></TD><TD>Harry S. Truman[citation needed] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Poverty Czar[118]</TD><TD>Director of War on Poverty</TD><TD>Sargent Shriver[118]</TD><TD>1965[118]</TD><TD></TD><TD>John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson[118] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Reading czar[119]</TD><TD>President&#39;s Advisor on Reading First Initiative[120], Member of the President&#39;s Commission on Excellence in Special Education,[121] Director of Reading Research, National Institutes of Child Health and Development</TD><TD>G. Reid Lyon</TD><TD>2001-2005[120]</TD><TD>Pres. appointed</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD>Reconversion Czar[122]</TD><TD></TD><TD>John Snyder[122]</TD><TD>1945[122]</TD><TD></TD><TD>Harry S. Truman[122] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Regulatory Czar</TD><TD>Office of Management and Budget</TD><TD></TD><TD>2003[36]</TD><TD>Appointed</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD>Regulatory Czar[123]</TD><TD>Director of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs[123]</TD><TD>Susan Dudley[123]</TD><TD>2007 [124]</TD><TD></TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD>Regulatory Czar[123]</TD><TD>Director of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs[123]</TD><TD>Cass Sunstein[123]</TD><TD>2009[123] - present</TD><TD>Senate confirmation pending[125]</TD><TD>Barack Obama </TD></TR><TR><TD>Rubber Czar</TD><TD></TD><TD>Bill Jeffers[126]</TD><TD>1942-1943</TD><TD></TD><TD>Franklin D. Roosevelt </TD></TR><TR><TD>Savings & Loan Czar</TD><TD>Director, Office of Thrift Supervision[127]</TD><TD>T. Timothy Ryan, Jr</TD><TD>1990</TD><TD>Presidential appointment, Senate-confirmed</TD><TD>George H. W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD>Science Czar</TD><TD>Science Advisor to the President, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy</TD><TD>John Marburger[128]</TD><TD>October 2001- January 2009 [129]</TD><TD>Senate confirmed</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD>Science Czar[16]</TD><TD>Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy</TD><TD>John Holdren</TD><TD>2009[citation needed]</TD><TD>Senate-confirmed[125]</TD><TD>Barack Obama </TD></TR><TR><TD>Stimulus Accountability Czar</TD><TD>Chairman, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board</TD><TD>Earl Devaney</TD><TD>2009 [131]</TD><TD>New position, Senate-confirmed[citation needed]</TD><TD>Barack Obama </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>[130] Stimulus Oversight Czar[131]</TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>TARP Czar[citation needed]</TD><TD>Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability, US Department of the Treasury</TD><TD>Herb Allison</TD><TD>2008 - present[132]</TD><TD>Senate-confirmed[125]</TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Technology Czar, Chief Technology Czar [16]</TD><TD>Chief Technology Officer &#40;CTO&#41;, Associate Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Assistant to the President</TD><TD>Aneesh Chopra[133][134][135]</TD><TD>2009</TD><TD>Executive order &#40;new position&#41;, President appointed, Senate confirmed</TD><TD>Barack Obama </TD></TR><TR><TD>Terrorism Czar[58]</TD><TD>National coordinator for security, infrastructure protection and counter-terrorism, member of National Security Council, cabinet level position[35][136]</TD><TD>Richard A. Clarke[58]</TD><TD>1998-Oct 2001[35][136]</TD><TD>Presidential appointment[citation needed]</TD><TD>Bill Clinton[137] </TD></TR><TR><TD>Terrorism Czar[citation needed]</TD><TD>National coordinator for security, infrastructure protection and counter-terrorism, cabinet level rank removed</TD><TD>Richard A. Clarke [136]</TD><TD>January 2001-October 2001</TD><TD>Presidential appointment[citation needed]</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>National Director and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism [138]</TD><TD>Wayne Downing[138]</TD><TD>Nov-01</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD>Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security</TD><TD>John O. Brennan</TD><TD>2004[citation needed]</TD><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>Urban Affairs Czar[16]</TD><TD>Director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs Policy</TD><TD>Adolfo Carrion</TD><TD>2009 - present[16][139]</TD><TD>Presidential appointment[139] Executive Order[16]</TD><TD>Barack Obama[16] </TD></TR><TR><TD>War Czar[140]</TD><TD>Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan</TD><TD>Douglas Lute[140]</TD><TD>2007[141]</TD><TD>Senate-confirmed[141]</TD><TD>George W. Bush </TD></TR><TR><TD>Weapons of Mass Destruction Czar,[142], Nonproliferation Czar[143]</TD><TD>Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation, and Terrorism [144]</TD><TD>Gary Samore[143]</TD><TD>2009 [143]</TD><TD>Presidential appointment[143]</TD><TD>Barack Obama </TD></TR><TR><TD></td></tr></table>

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#2 08-26-09 11:04 am

john8verse32
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Re: Czars a plenty

Caesar Augustus is the dictator/leader after whom <BR>everybody else imitates while seeking unlimited power. <BR> <BR>Obama wants to be come the new Caesar and dismiss all opposition. <BR>the Kaiser Wilhelm tried it. <BR>the Ruskie Tzars did too. <BR> <BR>at least Hitler, a self admitted  man of the people, used a folk word for leader...   <BR>der furher...  the &#34;driver&#34;.... <BR> <BR>interesting how they all ended up.... <BR>gone, and mostly despised.

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