In fact, I think that Governor Clinton, when he was running, and President Clinton, when he was serving, actually governed with a wide range of advisors and a perspective that blended the best of ideas from the center and the left.

a Washington D. " Podesta has also served as a member of the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States and the United States Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy. In 1988 Podesta founded with his brother Tony Podesta Associates Inc.

John 'Skippy' David Podesta (born January 8 1949) was the fourth and final White House Chief of Staff under President Bill Clinton from 1998 until 2001. Podesta was a co-chairman of the Obama-Biden Transition Project.