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Obama names energy team
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Obama names energy team
Posted: 06:07 PM ET
CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama announced key members of his energy team Monday, naming physicist Steven Chu as secretary of energy, and former EPA administrator Carol Browner to a new post in the White House to coordinate energy and climate policy.

Obama also named Lisa Jackson, former head of New Jersey’s environmental agency, to serve as his Environmental Protection Agency administrator, and Nancy Sutley, the Los Angeles deputy mayor for energy and environment, to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

Sutley, a prominent supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, is the first high-ranking gay appointee to the Obama administration.

“In the 21st century, we know that the future of our economy and national security is inextricably linked with one challenge: energy,” Obama said at a news conference to introduce his energy team.