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1. Afghanistan-Pakistan (Af-Pak) czar, Richard Holbrooke 2. AIDS czar, Jeffrey Crowley [openly gay white man] 3. Auto recovery czar, Ed Montgomery 4. Behavioral science czar, position not yet filled 5. Bailout czar, Herbert Allison Jr., [replaced Bush bailout czar Neel Kashkari, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability confirmed by Senate] 6. Border czar, Alan Bersin 7. Car czar, Ron Bloom [Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury , under Senate oversight] 8. Climate change czar, Todd Stern 9. Copyright czar, not appointed yet 10. Counterterrorism czar, John Brennan 11. Cybersecurity czar, position will be vacant on August 21st [upon the departure of Melissa Hathaway] 12. Disinformation czar, Linda Douglass [This is a new media buzz since our earlier list, a response by pundits to the White House request for informants: see Glenn Beck and Lew Rockwell] 13. Domestic violence czar, Lynn Rosenthal 14. Drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske 15. Economic czar, Larry Summers 16. Economic czar number two, Paul Volcker 17. Education czar, Arne Duncan 18. Energy czar, Carol Browner 19. Food czar, Michael Taylor [a former Monsanto executive, or, the fox in charge of the henhouse] 20. Government performance czar, Jeffrey Zients 21. Great Lakes czar, Cameron Davis 22. Green jobs czar, Van Jones [who has a communist background] 23. Guantanamo closure czar, Daniel Fried 24. Health czar, Nancy-Ann DeParle 25. Infotech czar, Vivek Kundra [Shoplifted four shirts, worth $33.50 each, from J.C. Penney in 1996 (source). His last day in DC government was March 4 but on March 12 the FBI raided his office and arrested two staffers.] 26. Intelligence czar, Dennis Blair [Director of National Intelligence, a Senate confirmed position. He is a retired United States Navy four-star admiral] 27. Latin-American czar, Arturo Valenzuela (nominee) [although this post is referred to as a czar, he is nominatied to be Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs and so is subject to Senate confirmation. Voting on his confirmation was delayed to clarify his position on Honduras. Watch WaPo's Head Count to track status of confirmation.] 28. Mideast peace czar, George Mitchell 29. Mideast policy czar, Dennis Ross 30. Pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg 31. Regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein 32. Religion czar, aka God czar Joshua DuBois 33. Safe schools czar, Kevin Jennings [appointed to be Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, a newly created post (that does not require Senate confirmation); openly gay founder of an organization dedicated to promoting pro-homosexual clubs and curricula in public schools] 34. Science czar, John Holdren 35. Stimulus oversight czar, Earl Devaney 36. Sudan czar, J. Scott Gration 37. TARP czar, Elizabeth Warren [chair of the [Congressional Oversight Panel for the Trouble Assets Relief Program; note that Herb Allison is frequently called the TARP czar] 38. Technology czar, Aneesh Chopra 39. Trade czar, Ron Kirk 40. Urban affairs czar, Adolfo Carrion 41. War czar, Douglas Lute [retained from Bush administration, married to Jane Holl Lute, currently a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security] 42. Water czar, David J. Hayes [a Deputy Interior Secretary and therefore subject to Senate oversight] 43. Weapons czar, Ashton Carter [actually Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and so subject to Senate confirmation] 44. Weapons of mass destruction czar, Gary Samore Positions being planned: 1. Income redistribution czar 2. Land-use czar 3. Mortgage czar, formally "consumer financial protection czar" (source) 4. Radio-internet fairness czar 5. Student loan czar, to oversee a program of mandatory service in return for college money (source) 6. Voter list czar 7. Zoning czar

See you on the beaches of Virgin Gorda, BVI!!!