Legal Commentary

President Obama Establishes White House Council On Women

By Big Tent Democrat

This seems a very good initiative:

President Obama today signed an Executive Order creating the White House Council on Women and Girls. The mission of the Council will be to provide a coordinated federal response to the challenges confronted by women and girls and to ensure that all Cabinet and Cabinet-level agencies consider how their policies and programs impact women and families. The Council will be chaired by Valerie Jarrett, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor, and will include as members cabinet-level federal agencies. The Executive Director of the Council will be Tina Tchen, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Public Liaison at the White House.

Giving this brief to Jarrett, who is very close to the President, gives this council a heft that it would not have otherwise. Kudos to the President.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 11, 2009 (boomark / email).