Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Obama Transition Staff Chart?

Check out this hierarchy chart from an unknown source. US News and World Report posted it. Al Gore is listed as Climate Czar. Colin Powell shows up as a potential cabinet member in a few spots. Caroline Kennedy is listed as a possible candidate under UN Ambassador. So is Susan Rice. Howard Dean is under Health and Human Services.
Who knows if it's a real working chart, though.
Obama's transition to cost $12 million:
Swamp: President-elect Barack Obama's transition planning will run about $12 million and employ 450 people.

"We recognize that we have only one president at a time,'' said John Podesta, Obama's co-chairman for transition planning, in a press briefing taking place now in Washington. "But President-elect Obama wants to ensure that we hit the ground running.''

Obama also will set new ethics standards, demanding that no one who enters his administration had worked as lobbyists for at least two years prior: "He wants to have the toughest rules that are going to stop the revolving door in Washington.''