U.S. President Obama on Tuesday announced his intent to nominate Apple’s Catherine Ann Novelli for Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, Department of State, along with three others: Steven Anthony – Member, Railroad Retirement Board, Susan McCue – Member, Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and Deb Miller – Member, Surface Transportation Board.
Obama said in the press release, “It gives me great confidence that such dedicated and capable individuals have agreed to join this Administration to serve the American people. I look forward to working with them in the months and years to come.”
Catherine Ann Novelli is Vice President of Worldwide Government Affairs at Apple, Inc., a position she has held since 2007. Previously, Ms. Novelli was a partner at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP from 2005 to 2007. From 1991 to 2005, she served at the Office of the United States Trade Representative and from 1997 to 2005, she was the Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Mediterranean. From 1985 to 1991, Ms. Novelli served in the Office of the General Counsel at the Department of Commerce. From 1982 to 1985, she practiced law in the Washington D.C. office of Debovoise and Librman. Ms. Novelli received a B.A. from Tufts University, a J.D. from the University of Michigan, and a LL.M. from the University of London.
Source: whitehouse.gov
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Wow! Those are serious credientials. I wonder. Is she over qualified for government work?
No. You need that sort of CV to get a job in government.
Contrary to her impressive qualifications, that fellow who’s been blathering away all night in the Senate needs only convince the clueless to elect him. His qualities are pandering and money-collecting. 😆
Isn’t that fellow Canadian? Read somewhere that he wants to be president.
Apparently he was born, well hatched, in Canada. Unless he can produce a legitimate birth certificate and show that he has a belly button I say shenanigans.
It appears that Canada sent him to the Tea Party to improve the average IQ in both places… 😈
There are extremists in both political parties who ruin the common sense which lies in the middle. Many of us would like someone to run for office with a little of each party’s values—the best of both parties opinions, no extremes. Problem is party leaders of both Dems and Repub’s cater to their extreme sides preferring to ignore the logical middle ground.
Since you took the time to inject serious thought into our buffoonery fest… 😆
There are many problems besides hyperpartisan ideologues hijacking the parties (Even though, there are some at each end, the Tea Party is the current winner in this.) all vying to be biggest:
– Unfettered, hidden money subverting the democratic processes.
– Uninformed voters swayed by distortions, dissembling, and outright lies.
– Gerrymandering to an unprecedented degree and voter-suppression laws in an attempt to permanently ensconce one party. (Yes, the Democrats did it before, the Republicans now. It’s still just wrong and needs to be stopped no matter who is in power.)
Sounds like she has a hard time holding a job.
Personally I’m relieved to see governments are still permitted to appoint people who haven’t worked at some point for Goldman Sachs. Getting tired of seeing those two words on everyone’s employment history whenever a top job gets filled.
I hadn’t noticed that, but good observation. No single company should feed every job position in government.
Single company which happens to be in the business of money…
Is she black, affiliated with Al Quaeda or the Muslim Brotherhood?
If not why would the Kenyan terrorist want her on his Destroy America team?
Yes, because him appointing mostly Wall Street insiders with expertise is something we should pretend isn’t reality.
Also, him ordering and achieving the execution of al queda’s leadership is somehow helping terrorists.
Obama ran as senator promising to find and kill Bin Laden, since bush didn’t and McCain wouldn’t. Bush failed for almost a decade.
Obama did it in under tree years, by doing the exact thing he was mocked by republicans for proposing – go into Pakistan and kill him.
So, by all logic, let’s pretend the Christian president Obama is somehow a Muslim.
“Also, him ordering and achieving the execution of al queda’s leadership is somehow helping terrorists.”
Nothing has been done to the terrorists in Al Qaida who attacked 30 of our citizens and killed 4 of them including our ambassador on our soil (an American embassy).
“Obama did it in under tree years, by doing the exact thing he was mocked by republicans for proposing – go into Pakistan and kill him.”
I hope you are right, but it’s concerning that no evidence was presented to the American people such as a photograph, as that would “enrage muslims”. His body was dumped at sea. Further, the seal team that killed Bin Laden was largely wiped out in a helicopter crash not too long afterwards.
I can see there are tin-foil hats on both sides of the aisle… Too bad there are only two choices in this “democracy”. When all you have is two options and neither of them very good, that’s not choice, that’s a dilemma.
Yeah, let’s all just swing from one extreme to the other.
The realities of both the W Bush and Obama administrations are enough to ‘gag a maggot’ as me mum cheerfully says. A pox on both their parties.
Looks like a total lesbian to me, the only qualities needed to work for Apple and the gay ass Obama.
His large penis and sexually satisfied wife really get your goat, eh?
Great, another lobbyist in government. Government Affairs is a thinly veiled description for lobbyist.
correcto mundo.
On the other hand; if you have had shit handed to you on a plate for 20 years because you didn’t have a strong voice in the government, why the hell would you not finally start playing the game to win?
“The Game”. Why yes it is. It’s just a game. And meanwhile We The People suffer for all the game playing and lack of attention to The Real World.
Obama is positioning himself to join Apple’s Board after his presidency. Nothing wrong just a thought.
No please. Neither would I want W Bush on anyone’s board.
That would be idiotic. Every company, sports team, and nation Dubya’s been in charge of was in financial ruin by the time he left.
The business management President. What a comment about today’s business culture. It makes me nauseous.
Big Red Ball, anyone?
This is what Obama wants to bring to your country.
http://freepatriot.org/2013/09/24/victim-sentenced-200-lashes-saudi-court/
Yes he does!