In 1997, he was selected as a White House Fellow, serving as a special advisor to First Lady Hillary Clinton.
Selection as a White House Fellow is highly competitive and based on a record of professional achievement, evidence of leadership potential, and a proven commitment to public service.
The transition team was impressed with the combination of Gupta's government experience, as a White House fellow in 1997 and a special adviser to then-first lady Hillary Clinton, along with his medical career as a neurosurgeon and his communication skills, the transition sources said.
This particular panel, at the Forbes 400 Summit On Philanthropy last June, included two Silicon Valley venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Jim Breyer, along with Dr. Cheryl Dorsey, a Harvard-trained pediatrician, former White House fellow, and now the president of Echoing Green, a pioneer in the social entrepreneurship movement.
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He decided to oppose the appointment of a prominent advocate for accounting reform to head a newly created oversight panel, then failed to disclose to either the White House or his fellow commissioners that his preferred choice, former CIA Director William Webster, had been in charge of the audit committee of a corporation accused of fraud.
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However, larger than the strike itself, was how the strike brought national attention to newly elected Chicago Mayor and former Obama White House Chief of Staff and fellow Northwestern alum Rahm Emmanuel.
Mr. Capretta, a former associate director at the White House Office of Management and Budget, is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
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Boehner has been under pressure from the White House, Democrats, the business community and some fellow Republicans to give up a staunch opposition to any increase in tax rates.
Foster, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation and a former associate director at the White House's Office of Management and Budget, the law that allows publicly traded partnerships to be taxed as corporations is inherently flawed because it allows non-corporations to be taxed as corporations.
It is my honor and my personal pleasure to be the first to address you as my fellow Americans. (Applause.) And welcome to your White House. (Applause.) Now, I know this day carries a lot of meaning not only for you, but for your family members and your fellow service members who join you today.
Mr. Wehner, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, served in the George W. Bush White House.
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"While the steps I am talking about will have an impact on all Americans, some of our fellow citizens will be affected more than any others, " the president said in a somber White House press conference Monday.
Their actions have profoundly affected not only African-Americans, but everyone who cares about equality, and the story of Rosa Parks continues to inspire many of us here at the White House, and across the Administration, as we work daily to bring more fairness and equality to our fellow citizens around our country.
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