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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.
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Obama Names A Transparency Gumshoe

By Marc Ambinder

Feb 22 2009, 5:18 PM ET Comment

Tomorrow, as part of an effort to convince Congress and the public that he's serious about transparency and accountability, President Obama will name Earl Devaney, a former Interior Dept. inspector general, as  chairman of the Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board.  Devaney played a major role in uncovering Jack Abramoff-related corruption at Interior. Also: Obama will ask Vice President Biden to open his office to recipients of the stimpak money, makling sure their efforts are "speedy and effective," according to a White House official.  Reports to the President on that score will be posted on Recovery.gov.


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