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Published: Tue, 14 Jul 2009
Description: Analysis of whether president's czars make sense from a managerial standpoint
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" Monday we tried to define just what constitutes one of the president's -- tonight whether they really make sense from a managerial standpoint. Here's White House correspondent Wendell Goler. --"
" The president gave his -- responsibilities that might have been divided among different cabinet secretaries and past administrations she handled. Budget matters for federal health care programs you ordered them not to get bogged down by bureaucracy to cut through the red tape. Andy promised the busier you have my full support. But when you read it's fifteen cabinet secretaries to his policy and political advisers and his chief of staff. Throwing his military advisers and a couple -- selected other officials. You get a lot of people who have mobile office walk in rights I think the number probably is getting closer to a hundred not what you'd see it most fortune 500 companies according to James Bailey of George Washington University."
" Most CEOs have about seven to maybe ten people reporting to them. We're looking at somebody that's maybe the numbers pushing a hundred and can they reasonably and responsibly. Stay up with all of the elements that are required to excuse their job responsibly."
" And yet all modern presidents have had more than a handful of people reporting to the Jimmy Carter personally controlled access to the White House tennis court. The first President Bush who was big on delegating responsibility. By most accounts -- the fewest number of stars. His son who called himself the decider at the second highest number. Still President Obama is nearly three dozens -- it's probably don't all have Oval Office walked in right says John Kaminsky IBM center for the business of government. The question is how many people actually report to him and I my guess is it's. Far fury he does have. The chief of staff in fact the vast majority of President Obama is ours technically report to one of his cabinet secretaries order vice president Biden. Which raises another question according to Towson University presidential scholar Martha Kumar."
" Who's minding all desires. Is very template for how they produce information and how they've been provided. To the White House. "
" Even if the president is able to manage all of his aren't sufficiently some of its critics are frustrated because bulls' -- don't have to answer to congress. It's not surprising that some of those critics are in congress as will see in our next report in Washington Wendell Goler Fox News."
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