On November 24, 2008, President-elect Obama named Barnes as the director of the White House Domestic Policy Council , Barnes is the former chief counsel to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) on the Senate Judiciary Committee.The Council coordinates the domestic policy-making process in the White House and offers POLICY ADVICE to the President.Her policy portfolio will include issues such as education, immigration, criminal justice, and other domestic issues. Melody was a former Executive Vice President for Policy at the Center for American Progress.
During his press conference yesterday, President-elect Obama praised Barnes as “one of the most respected policy experts in America,” Watch it, that she thinks about immigration:
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