since cabinet secretaries are maginalized in the obama administration in favor of "czars", it would seem like he would get into less mischief as a cabinet secretary. from all appearances, czars formulate policy, and cabinet secretaries merely implement and enforce that policy.
still, it would be irresponsible to but the person that is as responsible as any other individual for the mortgage meltdown in charge of HUD.
Barney Frank wants Cabinet postRep. Barney Frank is interested in capping his political career as a member of the president’s Cabinet, according to a new biography of the Financial Services Committee chairman.
Frank (D-Mass.) told author Stuart Weisberg that he would like to be Housing and Urban Development secretary. However, the 69-year-old lawmaker stresses that his departure from Congress is not imminent.
He first wants to pass more legislation on affordable housing, saying, “I want at least two years with President Obama and a solidly Democratic Senate so that we can get the federal government back in the housing business.”
No president has ever appointed an openly gay man or woman to the Cabinet.
Weisberg, who used to work for Frank on Capitol Hill, spent five years on his authoritative book, titled "Barney Frank, The Story of America’s Only Left-handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman". He interviewed over 150 people, including compiling 30 hours of interviews with Frank.
Frank talks about how he struggled as a gay man growing up in blue-collar Bayonne, N.J. He dated women throughout high school and college, but knew he was gay at 13. Still, he delayed revealing his sexuality until he had established a foothold in the House.
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