Thursday, May 7, 2009

Meg Whitman praises Obama's "green czar"

And who is Obama's green czar? Van Jones, the special adviser to the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

From the video, it seems Whitman isn't aware of Jones' new role.



Ms. Whitman:

"There is a guy over in Oakland, I think his name is Van ... Jones. And he and I were on a cruise last summer in the Arctic for climate change, and I got to know him very well and a lot of the work he's doing to enfranchise broader communties, I am a big fan of. He's done a marvelous job ... I'm a huge fan of his. He's very bright, very articulate, very passionate."

[Hat tip: San Francisco Chronicle]