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Did White House consider ousting Chu at Energy?

Top officials at the White House circulated a plan calling for the ouster of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and other top Energy Department officials as the administration braced for a political storm brewing over the failing solar energy company Solyndra

Tags: Energy , Steven Chu , Solyndra , Pete Rouse , Ray Mabus

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Hiding Problems at Federal Agencies

The federal government has developed a disturbing practice of cleverly hiding information.

Tags: Lurita Doan , Barack Obama , CBP , San Ysidro Port of entry , Jayson Ahern , GSA , Defense , DoD , contracting , SIGAR , Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstr , Susan Collins , Claire McCaskill , Tom Coburn , Education , Dick Durbin , NTEU , EPA , Energy , Commerce , OPM , TSA , SBA , stimulus , small business , State , Treasury , Freddie Mac , Fannie Mae

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Czars, Czarinas and Czardines—oh my!

Czars were once, perhaps, a great idea. Past czars had enormous clout. Unfortunately those days are long gone.

Tags: czars , Lurita Doan , Barack Obama , Senate Judiciary Committee , Gil Kerlikoske , Ken Feinberg , Van Jones , Kevin Jennings , Mark Lloyd

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