Who's Who
Ron Kirk: Confirmed, United States Trade Representative, Office of the United States Trade RepresentativeCass R. Sunstein
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Office of Management and Budget Administrator of Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs |
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Confirmed: Sept. 10, 2009 Announced: April 20, 2009 Nominated: April 20, 2009 |
Bio
- Age: 57
- Education: Harvard University, JD (1978); Harvard University, AB (1975)
- From: Cambridge, MA
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Gender: Male
Sunstein joined the faculty of Harvard Law School last year. A prolific legal scholar and one of the nation's top constitutional lawyers, he and Obama grew close during their years at the University of Chicago. He is married to Samantha Power and is part of an elite group of behavioral science academics including Austan Goolsbee, a White House economics adviser; Assistant Treasury Secretary nominee Alan B. Krueger, Larry Summers, and Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Last Job
- Harvard University, law professor
Other Jobs
- University of Chicago, law professor
- Justice Department, attorney-adviser, Office of Legal Counsel
- U.S. Supreme Court, clerk, Justice Thurgood Marshall
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, clerk, Justice Benjamin Kaplan
Connections
- Attended or taught at Harvard
- Close to the Obamas (What's this?)
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