Thread: White House ‘czars’ come under scrutiny

White House ‘czars’ come under scrutiny

By Neil King Jr.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
2:00 a.m. September 13, 2009

WASHINGTON — The uproar over former White House adviser Van Jones has heightened attention on the ranks of nonconfirmed policy “czarsâ€

The use of special White House advisers and the czar moniker itself go back decades, but government watchers say President Barack Obama has appointed an unusual number of senior coordinators. They have responsibilities as varied as health care, climate change, Afghanistan and the auto sector.

If he had just called them "Special White House Advisers" or "Senior Coordinators"

he wouldn't have scared the bejesus out of the people who don't know what "CZAR" means

or are scared to death of foreign sounding words.