{"id":910693,"date":"2021-10-22T16:44:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T20:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=910693"},"modified":"2021-10-22T16:44:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T20:44:38","slug":"neera-tanden-appointed-as-white-house-staff-secretary-after-omb-nomination-derailed-over-past-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/neera-tanden-appointed-as-white-house-staff-secretary-after-omb-nomination-derailed-over-past-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Neera Tanden Appointed As White House Staff Secretary After OMB Nomination Derailed Over Past Tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fneera-tanden-appointed-as-white-house-staff-secretary-after-omb-nomination-derailed-over-past-tweets%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=910693&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"p1\">Neera Tanden is set to be the new White House staff secretary following a difficult nomination to be the leader of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and, ultimately, a failure to secure support for the OMB position.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A White House official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/neera-tanden-white-house-staff-secretary-omb-nomination\">confirmed<\/a> the announcement to Fox News on Friday, with the outlet noting that Tanden has \u201cbeen serving as a White House senior adviser, prior to her appointment as staff secretary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/neera-tanden-white-house\/2021\/10\/22\/252c0b70-32cc-11ec-93e2-dba2c2c11851_story.html\">reported<\/a>, \u201cThe staff secretary, who reports to the chief of staff, traditionally plays the role of both traffic cop and honest broker in the White House, with control over the documents that make it to the president, whether they be briefing books or decision memos laying out the arguments on major decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After her nomination failed, President Joe Biden reportedly said he would put her in a position in his administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI have the utmost respect for her record of accomplishment, her experience, and her counsel, and I look forward to having her serve in a role in my Administration. She will bring valuable perspective and insight to our work,\u201d&nbsp; Biden said in March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The tension surrounding Tanden\u2019s nomination mostly centered on her past tweets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-biden-nomination-of-neera-tanden-to-be-omb-director-goes-down-in-flames\">reported<\/a> in March, \u201cPresident Joe Biden accepted a withdrawal letter from OMB Director nominee Neera Tanden late on Tuesday after Tanden faced bipartisan opposition due to snide remarks that she made online toward Senators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI am writing to you to withdraw my nomination for Director of the Office of Management and Budget,\u201d Tanden said. \u201cIt has been an honor of a lifetime to be considered for this role and for the faith placed in me. I appreciate how hard you and your team at the White House has worked to win my confirmation.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cUnfortunately, it now seems clear that there is no path forward to gain confirmation, and I do not want continued consideration of my nomination to be a distraction from your other priorities,\u201d Tanden continued. \u201cI am incredibly grateful for your leadership on behalf of the American people and for your agenda that will make such a transformative difference in people\u2019s lives.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cTanden was facing bipartisan opposition from senators due to past intemperate comments she made on her Twitter feed,\u201d The Washington Post reported. \u201cSen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) announced last month that he would oppose her, meaning Tanden would need the support of at least one Republican to be confirmed in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neera Tanden is set to be the new White House staff secretary following a difficult nomination to be the leader of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and, ultimately, a failure to secure support for the OMB position.\u00a0A White House official confirmed the announcement to Fox News on Friday, with the outlet noting that Tanden has \u201cbeen serving as a White House senior adviser, prior to her appointment as staff secretary.\u201dThe Washington Post reported, \u201cThe staff secretary, who reports to the chief of staff, traditionally plays the role of both traffic cop and honest broker in the White House, with control over the documents that make it to the president, whether they be briefing books or decision memos laying out the arguments on major decisions.\u201dAfter her nomination failed, President Joe Biden reportedly said he would put her in a position in his administration.\u201cI have the utmost respect for her record of accomplishment, her experience, and her counsel, and I look forward to having her serve in a role in my Administration. She will bring valuable perspective and insight to our work,\u201d\u00a0 Biden said in March.The tension surrounding Tanden\u2019s nomination mostly centered on her past tweets.As The Daily Wire reported in March, \u201cPresident Joe Biden accepted a withdrawal letter from OMB Director nominee Neera Tanden late on Tuesday after Tanden faced bipartisan opposition due to snide remarks that she made online toward Senators.\u201d\u201cI am writing to you to withdraw my nomination for Director of the Office of Management and Budget,\u201d Tanden said. \u201cIt has been an honor of a lifetime to be considered for this role and for the faith placed in me. I appreciate how hard you and your team at the White House has worked to win my confirmation.\u201d\u00a0\u201cUnfortunately, it now seems clear that there is no path forward to gain confirmation, and I do not want continued consideration of my nomination to be a distraction from your other priorities,\u201d Tanden continued. \u201cI am incredibly grateful for your leadership on behalf of the American people and for your agenda that will make such a transformative difference in people\u2019s lives.\u201d\u00a0\u201cTanden was facing bipartisan opposition from senators due to past intemperate comments she made on her Twitter feed,\u201d The Washington Post reported. \u201cSen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) announced last month that he would oppose her, meaning Tanden would need the support of at least one Republican to be confirmed in the evenly divided Senate.\u201d\u00a0The Daily Wire\u00a0previously reported on Tanden\u2019s response to criticism during her committee hearings.\u201cI recognize that my language and my expressions on social media caused hurt to people, and I feel badly about that,\u201d said Tanden. \u201cI really regret it, and I recognize it\u2019s really important for me to demonstrate that I can work with others, and I look forward to taking that burden, and I apologize to people on either the Left or Right who are hurt by what I\u2019ve said.\u201d\u201cSocial media does lead to too many personal comments, and my approach will be radically different,\u201d she added.Members of President Joe Biden\u2019s team also reportedly sought the help of Asian-American groups in a last-ditch effort to save Tanden, as the likelihood of her being confirmed by the Senate continued to shrink.Politico\u00a0reported that the groups were calling Senate offices, sending letters to them, and utilizing social media in order to advocate on behalf of Tanden.\u00a0The groups were labeling opposition to Tanden as \u201cstructural racism\u201d and \u201cinstitutional racism.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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