Obama Signs Congress Approved Bill Giving Him More Power

							Obama Signs Congress Approved Bill Giving
Him More Power
by Lorri Anderson
August 21, 2012

According to news reports President Obama signed the “The Presidential Appointment Efficiency
and Streamlining Act of 2011” on August 10, 2012.

Politico.com reports,
      “Democrats and Republicans came together to give
      President Obama more power to appoint officials jobs in
      his administration without seeking approval from the
      Senate.”

This bill will go into effect anywhere from 0-60 days from the
date of President Obama signing it. The Senate approved the bill,
79-20, in June 2011. The House approved it, 261-116, last month.
     “In the middle of election season, Democrats and
     Republicans in Congress have come together to give
     President Barack Obama more power to appoint officials
     to jobs in his administration without seeking approval from
     the Senate.”

Yes, you read correctly: more power. The article went on to point out just why this didn’t break across
mainstream media:
     Lost in the hubbub last weekend over Rep. Paul Ryan’s selection as Mitt Romney’s running
     mate was the fact that Obama signed a bill that eliminates the need to obtain Senate
                                                                  confirmation for about 170
                                                                  executive branch posts: the
                                                                  Presidential Appointment
                                                                  Efficiency and Streamlining
                                                                  Act of 2011.

                                                             Senator Lieberman, the Chairman of the
                                                             Senate Committee on Homeland Security
                                                             and Government Affairs, which marked up
                                                             and reported out the measure, said: “This
                                                             bipartisan legislation represents the Senate
                                                             at its best. A problem was identified, and
                                                             Democrats and Republicans worked
                                                             together to craft a solution. Now, future
                                                             Administrations will be able to get their
                                                             teams in place more quickly, and the
Senate will be able focus its time and energy on the most important
Executive Branch appointments. In no way does this bill erode the
Senate’s role of “advice and consent.” Rather, it strengthens the
Senate’s power by freeing us up to concentrate on nominees who will
actually shape national policy.”
This is very concerning, this gives Obama the legal right to hire who he
wants without approval from the senate for the following positions.
A list of positions exempted from Senate confirmation appears below.
Department of Agriculture
Assistant Secretary for Administration
Rural Utilities Service Administrator
Directors (7), Commodity Credit Corporation
Department of Commerce
Chief Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Officer Corps, NOAA (321)
Corporation for National and Community Service Managing Directors (2)
Department of Defense
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks and Information Integration)
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
Director of the Selective Service System
Members (6), National Security Education Board
Council of Economic Advisers
Members (2)
Department of Education
Assistant Secretary for Management
Commissioner – Education Statistics
Members (15), National Board of Education Sciences
Department of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Public Health Services Corps (2536)
Department of Homeland Security
Assistant Administrator, Grants, FEMA
Administrator, U.S. Fire Administration
Director, Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement
Chief Medical Officer
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
US Agency for International Development

Assistant Administrator for Management
Department of Justice
Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics
Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance
Director, National Institute of Justice
Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Director, Office for Victims of Crime
Department of Labor
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
Director, Women’s Bureau
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Deputy Director
Deputy Director, Demand Reduction
Deputy Director, State and Local Affairs
Deputy Director, Supply Reduction
Department of State
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Administration
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs
Deputy Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
Administrator, St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Department of Treasury
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Management
Treasurer of the United States Administrator,
Community Development Financial Institution Fund
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Management
Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration
Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security and Preparedness
Appalachian Regional Commission
Alternate Federal Co-Chairman
African Development Bank
Governor Alternate Governor
African Development Fund
Governor Alternate Governor
Asian Development Bank
Governor
Alternate Governor
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
Members (13), Board of Trustees
Mississippi River Commission
Commissioners (7)
National Council on Disability
Members (15)
National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board
Members (10)
National Museum and Library Services Board
Members (20)
National Science Board
Members (24)
More freedom for Obama, less accountability, and the ability to control.
Note: Homeland Security, DOD, and FEMA are on this list. Scarey thought indeed. I wonder if the
same people who did President Obama’s background check will be doing theirs also?



Obama’s ‘Enemies List’ Expands To Include
Military Heroes
by Tim Brown
August 21, 2012




The Obama campaign officially recognizes members of America’s elite special forces units as
enemies now. The Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund that put out a video campaign
against Barack Obama is now the target of the campaign’s wrath. That’s right, the commander-
in-chief is now targeting those under his command.
In a recent article at the Obama campaign site, the campaign called the OPSEC PAC’s video “‘Swift
Boat’-style smear tactics against President Obama’s national security record.”
Obviously the “swift boat” reference is pointing to
veterans that launched what was simply a truth
telling video aimed at Senator John Kerry when he
ran for president. That campaign was successful in
torpedoing Kerry’s run for the White House.
In targeting these brave men who have served out
country the Obama campaign wrote:
     When President Obama took office, the U.S.
     was engaged in two wars and and al-Qaeda’s
     leader Osama bin Laden was still at large. As
     commander-in-chief, President Obama
     refocused our priorities on the most significant security threats to the country and on
     fulfilling our promises to our servicemembers. Under the President, we have eliminated
     more than two-thirds of al-Qaeda’s core leadership—including bin Laden.

     But a new cadre of conservative groups are trying to “Swift Boat” the President by
     manufacturing false attacks about his national security record. A collection of super PACs
     and organizations are deploying the same “discredited” and “hardball smear tactics” against
     President Obama that were used to attack Sen. John Kerry’s military service in 2004. Each
     group follows the same pattern, identifying themselves as separate, nonpartisan former U.S.
     military and intelligence operatives who have a “civic duty” to attack the President.

Joel Arends, recipient of the Bronze Star and Chair of Veterans for a Strong America (VSA), said:
     The president’s team is more serious about labeling a group of veterans as “swift boaters”
     than they are about going after the leakers in his administration. The reality is as simple as
     it is disturbing – American lives are now in danger because this White House under the
     leadership of President Obama have leaked vital national security secrets. And instead of
     appointing a special prosecutor – this President dispatches his campaign team to smear a
     group of vets looking out for their buddies in uniform. It just shows the lack of seriousness
     on the part of this administration.

                                                   If they want to call us swift boaters because we
                                                   are looking out for our buddies on the
                                                   battlefield that’s fine with me – we’ll take the
                                                   political body blows for our comrades in order
                                                   to ensure that the American people fully
                                                   understand our position on the issue and see
     the administration’s intransigence on this issue.

We can only hope that these brave men succeed just as the swift boat veterans did and bring the truth to
bear on the current occupant of the White House.


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