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New top Obama aide to focus on climate, energy

By Jim Kuhnhenn
Published December 10, 2013 9:19pm ET
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New top Obama aide to focus on climate, energy
FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, file photo, Center for American Progress Action Fund President & CEO John Podesta speaks at the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0, at The Cox Pavillion in Las Vegas. Podesta, a former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton and a trusted Democratic operative, will join the White House staff as a senior counselor to President Barack Obama, two persons familiar with the move said late Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison, File) | Eric Jamison

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Podesta, a former chief of staff under President Bill Clinton, will join President Barack Obama’s inner circle for one year as a counselor to focus on energy and climate change issues, the White House said Tuesday.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said Obama chief of staff Denis McDonough decided to bring Podesta to the White House to help with his experience as a former top White House aide and as the head of Obama’s transition team after the 2008 election.

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