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3.23.2009

the smart man for the job

Newly appointed Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu has found himself "dumped into the deep end of a pool," having to navigate all the questions and scrutiny that come along with Washington politics: Energy Secretary Serves Under a Microscope.

The guy may be Nobel laureate and brilliant scientific mind, but I don't think anyone quite prepared him for the bureaucratic beast of D.C. He's definitely not a career politician, but he knows what he's talking about, and he's equipped to get the job done right.