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June 17, 2010

Chu's Nobel Prize Really Isn't Relevant

Eugene Robinson, Washington Post


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Less than a minute into President Obama's Oval Office address, my heart sank. For the umpteenth time since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill began, an anxious nation was informed that Energy Secretary Steven Chu has a Nobel Prize. Obama's speech pretty much went down hill from there.

For weeks, administration officials have been trumpeting Chu's distinction at every opportunity. Earlier in the day, White House environmental guru Carol Browner cited the Nobel in a television interview. Presidential adviser David Axelrod talks about the Nobel all the time, as does Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. If there's an official list of administration talking points about the response to the oil spill, "Chu's Nobel" has to be at the top.

 

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