Obama taps senior OMB aide Deese to succeed Podesta in environmental post

The Washington Post: President Obama on Wednesday tapped Brian Deese, deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, to take over the White House's energy and environment portfolio.

Deese, a well-respected fiscal expert who has worked as one of Obama's policy advisers since the 2008 campaign, has played a key role in economic policy initiatives ranging from the auto bailout and the annual budget to financial reform and energy and tax policy. Most recently, he ran the policy planning process for the State of the Union address the president delivered Tuesday.

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