Thursday, July 02, 2009

Just for kicks.


I got this from the following website: ENJOY!!
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/

We're just fact-checking McCain's claim that Obama has more czars than the Romanovs. According to the World Book Encyclopedia , there were, as McCain said, 18 Romanov czars, starting with Michael Romanov in 1613 and ending with Nicholas II, who was killed by the Bolsheviks in 1918.

As for Obama's czars, we've got 28 who have been referred to as a czar ... somewhere. Undoubtedly some will take issue with some of the "czars" on our list, but we think McCain is on solid ground. He earns a True.



Name Czar Title Actual (boring) Title

Herb Allison TARP Czar Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability

Alan Bersin Border Czar Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs

Dennis Blair Intelligence Czar Director of National Intelligence

John Brennan Terrorism Czar Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security

Carol Browner Energy Czar Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change

Adolfo Carrion, Jr Urban Affairs Czar Director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs

Ashton Carter Weapons Czar Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics

Aneesh Chopra Technology Czar Chief Technology Officer

Jeffrey Crowley AIDS Czar Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy

Cameron Davis Great Lakes Czar Special advisor to the U.S. EPA overseeing its Great Lakes restoration plan

Nancy-Ann DeParle Health Czar Director of the White House Office of Health Reform

Earl Devaney Stimulus Accountability Czar Chair of the Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board

Joshua DuBois Faith-based Czar Director of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Kenneth Feinberg Pay Czar Special Master on executive pay

Danny Fried Guantanamo Closure Czar Special envoy to oversee the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay

J. Scott Gration Sudan Czar Special Envoy to Sudan

Richard Holbrooke Afghanistan Czar Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

John Holdren Science Czar Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science
and Technology Policy, and Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology

Van Jones Green Jobs Czar Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality

Gil Kerlikowske Drug Czar Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy

Vivek Kundra Information Czar Federal Chief Information Officer

George Mitchell Mideast Peace Czar Special Envoy to the Middle East

Ed Montgomery Car Czar Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers

Dennis Ross Mideast Policy Czar Special Adviser for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia

Gary Samore WMD Czar Coordinator for the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism

Todd Stern Climate Czar Special Envoy for Climate Change

Cass Sunstein Regulatory Czar Director of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Paul Volcker Economic Czar Chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board

I think we need more!! What do you think??

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