Obama’s Ex-Green Jobs Czar Lands Quickly

For fallen White House aides, the rallying cry apparently is John Podesta to the rescue! The Obama administration’s former green jobs czar Van Jones is headed back to Podesta’s Center for American Progress after stepping down from his White House post four days ago ***********015fb6]amid controversy over his leftist affiliations[/COLOR], the Daily News has learned.
Dubbed a radical environmentalist by his right-wing critics, Jones was linked to a group that had insisted the Bush administration was aware the 9/11 attacks had been planned, but did nothing to stop the terrorist plot. His supporters counter that Jones is one of the foremost experts in the emerging area of environmentally sustainable jobs.
Jones chose to quit rather than cost Obama the political capital it would have taken to save his job, saying now was not the time for the President to turn his attention from his agenda.
He returns to his job as senior fellow at the center-left think tank founded by Podesta, who served as chairman of Obama’s presidential transition team. Podesta was also White House chief of staff under President Bill Clinton, and accompanied him last month on his mission to retrieve two American journalists who had been detained in North Korea.
Earlier this year, ***********015fb6]Podesta hired Louis Caldera at CAP[/COLOR] after he resigned as head of the White House military office over his decision to fly ***********015fb6]Air Force One above the Statue of Liberty[/COLOR] in order to get publicity photos of the presidential aircraft.


Read more: ***********015fb6]http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2009/09/obamas-ex-green-jobs-czar-land.html#ixzz0QdTKt9Ok[/COLOR]

 

FIXD*.

 

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That is nice.