Monday, November 24, 2008

Your Director of the White House's Domestic Policy Council...

Introducing Melody Barnes, former Kennedy Aide, and President-elect Obama's Director-designate of the Domestic Policy Council.



The Domestic Policy Council (DPC) of the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering domestic policy matters, excluding economic matters, which are the domain of the National Economic Council. It is a committee of Cabinet chaired by the President.

Attendees Under Bush:
Richard B. Cheney (Vice President)
Michael Leavitt (Secretary of Health and Human Services)
Michael Mukasey (Attorney General)
Elaine Chao (Secretary of Labor)
Gordon Mansfield (Secretary of Veterans Affairs)
Dirk Kempthorne (Secretary of the Interior)
Margaret Spellings (Secretary of Education)
Steve Preston (Secretary of Housing and Urban Development)
Chuck Conner (Secretary of Agriculture)
Mary Peters (Secretary of Transportation)
Carlos Gutierrez (Secretary of Commerce)
Samuel Bodman (Secretary of Energy)
Henry Paulson (Secretary of the Treasury)
Stephen L. Johnson (Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency)
Edward Lazear (Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers)
Jim Nussle (Director of the Office of Management and Budget)
Keith Hennessey (Assistant to the President for Economic Policy)
John Walters (Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy)

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