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This is not a cabinet level position, but the President did finally appoint a CTO, along with a Chief Performance Officer as well. More details here:
http://whitehouse2.org/activities/452620/comments
<p>This is not a cabinet level position, but the President did finally appoint a <span class="caps">CTO</span>, along with a Chief Performance Officer as well. More details here:</p>
<p><a href="http://whitehouse2.org/activities/452620/comments" rel="nofollow">http://whitehouse2.org/activities/452620/comments</a></p>
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMlXNrBxM0g
From Chris Mooney at scienceblogs.com: "There are many gems in here; scientists are going to be beyond ecstatic about this speech, and this team that Obama has named. To me, the newsiest item is that Obama officially says that John Holdren will be 'Assistant to the President for Science and Technology.' That means the science adviser is being restored to cabinet-level status, as Obama pledged would occur during the campaign."
http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2008/12/obama_announces_science_team_r.php
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<p>From Chris Mooney at scienceblogs.com: “There are many gems in here; scientists are going to be beyond ecstatic about this speech, and this team that Obama has named. To me, the newsiest item is that Obama officially says that John Holdren will be ‘Assistant to the President for Science and Technology.’ That means the science adviser is being restored to cabinet-level status, as Obama pledged would occur during the campaign.”</p>
<p><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2008/12/obama_announces_science_team_r.php" rel="nofollow">http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2008/12/obama_announces_science_team_r.php</a></p>
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Applause!!
<p>Applause!!</p>
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I voted for Ron Paul.
<p>I voted for Ron Paul.</p>
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I don't see indication that this is a cabinet-level position either. Wikipedia doesn't mention John Holdren as being in a cabinet position, even one pending congressional approval, and I don't see indication that "Assistant to the President for Science and Technology" is a cabinet position either.
<p>I don’t see indication that this is a cabinet-level position either. Wikipedia doesn’t mention John Holdren as being in a cabinet position, even one pending congressional approval, and I don’t see indication that “Assistant to the President for Science and Technology” is a cabinet position either.</p>
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Yeah, it seems a little fishy to me as well, Chris Mooney might be confused as to whether this is actually a cabinet level position. It also may not matter all that much anymore who is officially "cabinet" level and who is an advisor, or assistant, or whatever.
<p>Yeah, it seems a little fishy to me as well, Chris Mooney might be confused as to whether this is actually a cabinet level position. It also may not matter all that much anymore who is officially “cabinet” level and who is an advisor, or assistant, or whatever.</p>
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I think you hit it on the nail. "Whatever."
<p>I think you hit it on the nail. “Whatever.”</p>
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Maybe it doesn't matter whether the guy is cabinet level or not, which means that the priority was poorly thought out. Either way, the guy isn't cabinet level now and seems pretty removed from such a position.
Half of this priority is "elevation," suggesting that Obama should change the organization of the executive branch to MAKE the science advisor cabinet-level. As far as I can tell there has been no reorganization at all, so there was absolutely no elevation.
Therefore, I consider this priority to not have happened. At best only half of it happened, and that with an extreme compromise... but I'd tend to say it didn't happen at all as the distinguishing features of cabinet level position--leading a division of the executive branch--just don't apply to the position the guy was given.
<p>Maybe it doesn’t matter whether the guy is cabinet level or not, which means that the priority was poorly thought out. Either way, the guy isn’t cabinet level now and seems pretty removed from such a position.</p>
<p>Half of this priority is “elevation,” suggesting that Obama should change the organization of the executive branch to <span class="caps">MAKE</span> the science advisor cabinet-level. As far as I can tell there has been no reorganization at all, so there was absolutely no elevation.</p>
<p>Therefore, I consider this priority to not have happened. At best only half of it happened, and that with an extreme compromise… but I’d tend to say it didn’t happen at all as the distinguishing features of cabinet level position—leading a division of the executive branch—just don’t apply to the position the guy was given.</p>
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