President Joe Biden welcomed John Podesta, one of Washington’s biggest swamp creatures, back to the White House on Wednesday. “John is a good friend,” Biden said, speaking to reporters during a cabinet meeting at the White House. “This is his first day on his new job.” Biden brought in Podesta to help the White House allocate $370 billion in funding from the president’s climate change bill to green energy projects. “John, thanks for agreeing to come aboard,” Biden said. Podesta slipped in and out of Democrat administrations for decades, pulling strings in Washington to gain enormous personal power and wealth.