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Title: First openly LGBT person named to Obama's cabinet
Post by: Natasha on December 16, 2008, 05:42:49 PM
Post by: Natasha on December 16, 2008, 05:42:49 PM
First openly LGBT person named to Obama's cabinet
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=33670&type=gaylesbian (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=33670&type=gaylesbian)
12/16/2008
With Nancy Sutley joining Team Obama as chairwoman of the Council on Environmental Quality, she becomes the first prominent, openly gay or lesbian to join the Cabinet.
She is currently L.A.'s deputy mayor for energy and environment and the mayor's rep on the board of directors for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Most politically intriguing: She was a member of Hillary Clinton's California Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender steering committee during the state's primary. Oh, Obama, that's so "Team of Rivals" of you to invite her.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=33670&type=gaylesbian (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=33670&type=gaylesbian)
12/16/2008
With Nancy Sutley joining Team Obama as chairwoman of the Council on Environmental Quality, she becomes the first prominent, openly gay or lesbian to join the Cabinet.
She is currently L.A.'s deputy mayor for energy and environment and the mayor's rep on the board of directors for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Most politically intriguing: She was a member of Hillary Clinton's California Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender steering committee during the state's primary. Oh, Obama, that's so "Team of Rivals" of you to invite her.
Title: Re: First openly LGBT person named to Obama's cabinet
Post by: Kaweah on December 16, 2008, 09:53:54 PM
Post by: Kaweah on December 16, 2008, 09:53:54 PM
According to the New York Times, she has "more than a decade in senior environmental, energy and water policy-making positions in California. She also has experience dealing with budget and legislative matters at the state and federal level."
On the other hand, she is "a Mets fan and a devotee of Wallace and Gromit, the British claymation-style movie series about a scatterbrained inventor who is overly fond of cheese and his precocious dog."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/13/us/politics/13web-sutley.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/13/us/politics/13web-sutley.html)
I hope she is approved despite these things. ;)
On the other hand, she is "a Mets fan and a devotee of Wallace and Gromit, the British claymation-style movie series about a scatterbrained inventor who is overly fond of cheese and his precocious dog."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/13/us/politics/13web-sutley.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/13/us/politics/13web-sutley.html)
I hope she is approved despite these things. ;)