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Energy Department official who sent disparaging tweets resigns

“I don’t wish ill will on anyone,” wrote Chris Lu, formerly a deputy labor secretary and co-chair of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders under Obama, in an email. “But the fact that Mr. Bradford was ​able to get a high-level government position and remain as long as he did is troubling.”
Chris Lu
Time

For Trump, Opioids Are Still Not a Crisis

Unfortunately, the President has failed to act with the speed and force required by a national emergency that claims 142 lives each day. The chaotic start to the Trump Administration has left unfulfilled many of his campaign promises, including his pledge that the government will “not only stop the drugs from pouring in, but we will help all of those people so seriously addicted get the assistance they need to unchain themselves.” Also left unused for now are the broad powers of the federal government to address this epidemic.
Chris Lu
Virginia Business

Living gig to gig

“Anecdotally, it seems to be growing. But how much it’s growing and what percentage of people who are basically full-time, gig-economy people, I think, is less clear,” says Chris Lu, a deputy secretary of labor under then-President Obama who now is a senior fellow at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center.
Chris Lu
NPR

Are Trump's Foreign Policy Stumbles First-Year Growing Pains Or A Reason For Worry?

There have already been a number of changes in the president's national security staff. But while the circumstances of Trump's administration may appear especially chaotic, historians say first-year tumult isn't unexpected. The Miller Center at the University of Virginia has been documenting the first year of each of the last six administrations, offering some lessons and guidance on what should be avoided.
Philip Zelikow
NPR

Are Trump's Foreign Policy Stumbles First-Year Growing Pains Or A Reason For Worry?

There have already been a number of changes in the president's national security staff. But while the circumstances of Trump's administration may appear especially chaotic, historians say first-year tumult isn't unexpected. The Miller Center at the University of Virginia has been documenting the first year of each of the last six administrations, offering some lessons and guidance on what should be avoided.
Melvyn Leffler