By Patrick Appel
Fallows is very pleased that Obama has picked Steven Chu as the new Secretary of Energy:
...the ability of an incoming administration to select such people, and -- even trickier -- convince them it will be worth their while to move to Washington and wrestle with the most complicated politico / technical / diplomatic problems, given all the hassles and built-in frustrations and lack of privacy in governmental life, is both surprising and encouraging. Very good news.
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http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/12/rocket-scientist-secretary/207614/
