Who is Jon Powers? That’s not a spoof on “Atlas Shrugged,” which begins with “Who is John Galt?” — but a serious question about one of the more obscure power brokers in the Executive Office of the President.

Powers is a former U.S. Army officer who was appointed last year by President Obama to a position with the improbable title of federal environmental executive.

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