It looks like Rep. Ellen Tauscher has accepted to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control. Good for her, as from the little I know she is pretty good on those issues (though I worry whether the fact that all her experience comes from an Arms Service perspective is good or bad).

But given the President's ambitious agenda, I do worry about the wisdom of continuing to pluck real partners (as opposed to back stabbing scum like Evan Bayh) out of Congress. Rahm, Biden, Clinton (and subsequently Gillibrand), Solis, plus a lot of key staffers (plus Napolitano and Sebelius - essentially handing two governorships and potentially a Senate seat in 2010 to Republicans). I think they are all accomplished and qualified, but given that Congress is going to be the roadblock to most of his campaign promises it seems like subtraction by addition.