Obama’s Czars
President Obama has many Czars directly managing parts of the economy. Those are the parts the president claims he doesn’t want to manage. Remember, Czars are Czars because they require no confirmation as do Cabinet positions…but the latter need Senate confirmations, which take time and draw attention. How pesky.
Here is the list of Czars as of 6-14-09.
| Czar | Street Name |
| AfPak Special Envoy | Richard Holbrooke |
| Autoworker Czar | Ed Montgomery |
| Border Czar | Alan Bersin |
| Car Czar | Steve Rattner |
| Climate Special Envoy | Todd Stern |
| Cyber Czar | Rod A Beckstrom |
| Drug Czar | Gil Kerlikowske |
| Economic Czar | Paul Volcker |
| Energy Czar | Carol Browner |
| Faith-based Czar | Joshua DuBois |
| Federal Technology Czar | TBD |
| GM Chief of Restructuring Czar | Al Koch |
| Government Performance Czar | TBD |
| Great Lakes Czar | Cameron Davis |
| Green Czar | Van Jones |
| Guantanamo Closure Czar | Daniel Fried |
| Health Reform Czar | Nancy-Ann DeParle |
| High Speed Rail Czar | TBD |
| Infotech Czar | Vivek Kundra |
| Iran Czar | TBD |
| Mideast Peace Envoy | George Mitchell |
| Non-proliferation Czar | Gary Samore |
| Pay Czar | Kenneth Feinberg |
| Regulatory Czar | Cass Sunstein |
| Special Advisor for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia | Dennis Ross |
| Stimulous Accountability Czar | Earl Devaney |
| Sudan Special Envoy | J. Scott Gration |
| TARP Czar | Herb Allison |
| Terrorism Czar | John Brennan |
| Urban Czar | Adolf Carrion, Jr. |
| Weapons Czar | Ashton Carter |
