Posted on 01/26/2009 9:22:37 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday will name Todd D. Stern, a trusted top aide in her husbands White House, to serve as a special envoy for climate change, Democratic officials said.
Climate was largely ignored by President George W. Bushs State Department, but the officials said Sterns appointment shows it will be a priority throughout President Barack Obamas administration.
Stern was staff secretary, a sensitive job that makes him the gatekeeper to every piece of paper the President sees and signs. Also for Clinton, he was senior White House negotiator at the Kyoto and Buenos Aires climate negotiations.
So Stern is an authority on the issue, knows the inner workings of the White House and has a close relationship with the secretary of State.
This is another indication that President Obama is taking the issue of climate crisis seriously across the administration, one official said. This is a global problem. You cant just fix it here. You have to fix it everywhere.
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Yep. thru the Dem primaries the thought I dreaded most about Hillary winning was the return of those characters. At least with Obama we were going to get a new cast of characters. Right? ha!
So she claims.
My parents were rock solid depression Democrats, I was disowned for supporting Eisenhower.
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