The desi who's who in Obama administration

yv2r
By yv2r

Proud to be an INDIAN,looks like not much of Americans with President.

Sun, Oct 24 02:12 PM
Washington, Oct 24 (IANS) A number of Indian Americans have made their mark in the Obama administration.

Rajiv Shah - USAID administrator

Aneesh Chopra - first chief technology officer

Vivek Kundra - chief information officer

Anish Goel - senior staffer of the National Security Council

Vikram Singh - senior defence advisor to Richard Holbrooke, special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

Neal Katyal - acting solicitor general

Rashad Husain - US representative to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference

Farah Pandith - US special representative to Muslim communities

Farooq Kathwari, Sunil Puri, Amardeep Singh - all three serve on the Presidential Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Preet Bharara - US attorney for New York

Preeta Bansal - senior policy advisor in the Office of Management and Budget

Subra Suresh - director of the National Science Foundation

Arun Majumdar - director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy in the US Department of Energy.

By soniya• 25 Oct 2010 10:15
soniya

I've even seen in the news channels that OBAMA is fond of Indian culture..Obama even keeps the small statue of LORD HANUMAN(HINDU GOD)in his pocket..I haven't seen him keeping it though(lol)but heard it in media..i don't know how far is it true..

By yv2r• 25 Oct 2010 08:44
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yv2r

stii as an Indian we have to be pround of Indian top in American govt.

It dosent mean they get their dabba or eat phillipino food,salaries on par with Americans still they are called n known as Indians

By Colt45• 25 Oct 2010 07:47
Colt45

They dunno what they're missing :-(... the p-adobo, pancit canton etc.. :-P

By flor1212• 25 Oct 2010 07:45
flor1212

they don't eat at the WH! Lol! Hehehehehehe!!!

By Colt45• 25 Oct 2010 07:43
Colt45

I bet they bring their own "dabba" (lunch box) from home :-))

By britexpat• 25 Oct 2010 07:42
britexpat

Apparently, Obama has British Marmalade on his toast...:O)

By flor1212• 25 Oct 2010 07:42
flor1212

Filipino foods? Lol!

By flor1212• 25 Oct 2010 07:41
flor1212

Lol!

By Colt45• 25 Oct 2010 07:41
Colt45

You're right about that one! ;-)

By Colt45• 25 Oct 2010 07:40
Colt45

Didn't Kal Penn take a break from acting to join the Obama administration too???

By snessy• 25 Oct 2010 07:38
snessy

Elegance...these are Indian Americans, more than likely they will have been born and brought up in America with American accents and their pay will be no different to white Americans...not all countries base the salaries on colour!

By Elegance• 25 Oct 2010 07:10
Elegance

The Americans with their "hot butter in the mouth" accent cannot handle the accents or culture difference when it comes to dealing with issues in Asia and Middle East. And outsourcing costs lesser obviously! Interested in knowing the pay scale too.....

By anonymous• 25 Oct 2010 06:54
anonymous

LOL

By s_isale• 25 Oct 2010 06:18
s_isale

does it make any difference to the common man. Grow up guys.

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