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All The President's 'Desi' Men And Women
Thursday, 28 November 2013, 01:23 IST
In September, Chandigarh-born legal luminary Sri Srinivasan made history as he became the first Indian American judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which is often called the second most powerful court in the U.S.
Earlier this month, Obama nominated Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy, the Indian-American head of a doctors group that promotes his signature healthcare law, to be the next U.S. surgeon general, also known as "America's doctor".
Last month Obama tapped Kerala University physics graduate Arun M. Kumar to lead the trade promotion arm of the Commerce Department, charged with helping American companies succeed in markets around the world.
Other recent nominees include Gargee Ghosh, director of policy analysis and financing (PAF) at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as a member of his Global Development Council, and actor Kal Penn of "The Namesake" fame to his Committee on the Arts and Humanities.
Then there is Manhattan's U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, dubbed "Sheriff of Wall Street" by Time magazine, who in a four-year insider trading crackdown has won a record 76 convictions, including that India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta.
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Earlier this month, Obama nominated Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy, the Indian-American head of a doctors group that promotes his signature healthcare law, to be the next U.S. surgeon general, also known as "America's doctor".
Last month Obama tapped Kerala University physics graduate Arun M. Kumar to lead the trade promotion arm of the Commerce Department, charged with helping American companies succeed in markets around the world.
Other recent nominees include Gargee Ghosh, director of policy analysis and financing (PAF) at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as a member of his Global Development Council, and actor Kal Penn of "The Namesake" fame to his Committee on the Arts and Humanities.
Then there is Manhattan's U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, dubbed "Sheriff of Wall Street" by Time magazine, who in a four-year insider trading crackdown has won a record 76 convictions, including that India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta.
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Source: IANS
