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No Wonder Obama's in Russia

Radley Balko | 7.6.2009 3:22 PM

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Over at National Review Online, Reason economics columnist Veronique de Rugy points to this list (pdf) from Taxpayers for Common Sense showing that the federal government currently has 31 various "czars"—more than Russia had in its entire imperial history.

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Radley Balko is a journalist at The Washington Post.

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