Read more political appointee stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/31376/political-appointee.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:37:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70878/rights-new-quarry-gay-ed-appointee.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne of President Obama’s appointees to the Department of Education has become the latest target for conservatives emboldened by the departures of green-jobs adviser Van Jones and others. Assistant deputy secretary Kevin Jennings is accused of neglecting to report a statutory rape case when he was a teacher in Massachusetts...http://www.newser.com/story/70878/rights-new-quarry-gay-ed-appointee.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 21:30:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67567/most-obama-posts-still-not-filled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama is still missing more than half his team after 7 months in the Oval Office, the New York Times reports. Facing a grueling confirmation process for appointees, the president has filled only 43% of more than 500 top policymaking positions that require Senate approval. Planning to reform financial...http://www.newser.com/story/67567/most-obama-posts-still-not-filled.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 19:08:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60458/ambassadors-rich-people-in-useless-jobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama opted for politics as usual in his ambassador appointments yesterday, writes David Rothkopf for ForeignPolicy. Like recent predecessors, Obama turned to deep-pocketed campaign donors; hence Japan, the world’s second-largest economy, will deal with a tech lawyer whose sole qualification seems to have been his ability to raise $500,...http://www.newser.com/story/60458/ambassadors-rich-people-in-useless-jobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 29 May 2009 14:11:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48580/cuomos-in-the-running-for-clinton-seat-paterson-says.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagContinuing his elusive dance around Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat, New York Gov. David Paterson said yesterday that state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo “is someone I’m considering,” the Buffalo News reports. Paterson also seemed unafraid of a possible Cuomo challenge in 2010 if he isn’t seated in the Senate. “He told...http://www.newser.com/story/48580/cuomos-in-the-running-for-clinton-seat-paterson-says.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Jan 2009 11:47:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48368/paterson-certain-to-pick-kennedy-also-rans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHer rivals for Hillary Clinton’s senate seat believe Caroline Kennedy is “certain” to succeed her, sources close to several contenders tell the New York Post . Gov. David Paterson thinks dissing Kennedy at this point would “greatly embarrass” and “entirely humiliate” her and her family—and potentially displease President-elect Obama, a...http://www.newser.com/story/48368/paterson-certain-to-pick-kennedy-also-rans.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Jan 2009 16:29:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47839/purge-of-crazy-libs-by-bush-civil-rights-boss-broke-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Bush appointee who headed the Justice Department's civil rights division blatantly violated federal anti-bias laws in his hiring policies and then lied about it to Congress, according to government authorities. An internal report quotes emails from Bradley Schlozman, who ran the department from 2003 to 2006, in which he...http://www.newser.com/story/47839/purge-of-crazy-libs-by-bush-civil-rights-boss-broke-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Jan 2009 3:44:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46395/kennedy-911-obama-inspired-me-to-seek-senate-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe terrorists attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and her work for Barack Obama's campaign helped push Caroline Kennedy towards a career in politics, the Senate hopeful tells the AP. Kennedy credited her mother with giving her the courage to seek the job, and said she hopes she will be able...http://www.newser.com/story/46395/kennedy-911-obama-inspired-me-to-seek-senate-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Dec 2008 3:17:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46375/ill-have-to-work-twice-as-hard-if-appointed-kennedy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCaroline Kennedy understands she will have to work to gain the respect of the public and her peers if she is appointed to the US Senate. "I came into this thinking I have to work twice as hard as anybody else," Kennedy told the AP. "I am an unconventional choice....http://www.newser.com/story/46375/ill-have-to-work-twice-as-hard-if-appointed-kennedy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Dec 2008 14:49:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46070/bush-pentagon-team-asked-to-stay-on.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDefense Secretary Robert Gates has taken the unusual step of inviting most of President Bush's political appointees to remain at the Pentagon until they are replaced, the W ashington Times reports. An undisclosed number will be dismissed, but Gates, keen to avoid a "leadership vacuum" with two wars on, wants...http://www.newser.com/story/46070/bush-pentagon-team-asked-to-stay-on.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Dec 2008 2:00:10 CST