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From:john.podesta@gmail.com To: erskine@2bowles.com CC: Sylvia.Burwell@hotmail.com Date: 2014-04-12 05:30 Subject: Re: Fw:

This will help a lot and I think at the end of the day most of these Senators will come through. It is a bit sad that the state of our politics and discourse means that someone they recently voted 97-0 for and who everybody says they love needs this kind of vouching for. Zero to do with Sylvia and 100% to do with their ACA obsession. At any rate, thanks for coming thru as you always do. Love to Crandall and hope you'll come to the Casa Podesta upcoming dinner to celebrate Sylvia's swearing in. JP JP --Sent from my iPad-- john.podesta@gmail.com For scheduling: eryn.sepp@gmail.com > On Apr 11, 2014, at 9:19 PM, Erskine <erskine@2bowles.com> wrote: > > Fyi > ________________________________________ > From: Erskine > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 6:15:01 PM > To: Senator Richard Burr; Tom Coburn; Mike Crapo > Subject: Re: > > Richard. Thank you for calling me back. It means a lot to me. > What I wanted to talk to you , Tom , and Mike about is Sylvia Matthews Burwell. I am going to copy them on this email . No one has asked me to contact you. I simply got concerned as I listened to some of the talk today on the TV and radio. As you may remember , I picked Sylvia to be my Deputy Chief of Staff in the Clinton White House. I chose her because she is brilliant ( Rhodes ), really nice , informed , and smart all rolled into one , but most importantly to me because she knows how to run a big , complex organization and run it effectively. Any large public or private organization I wanted managed and managed well , my first choice to do so would be Sylvia. All you have to do is look at the job she did at the NEC , Treasury , White House , OMB , Gates Foundation , and Walmart to judge her capability. > I know that you and Tom and Saxby and Mike have worked hard on the Senate floor to make our Country work more effectively and efficiently . To folks like us regardless of whether it's a republican or democrat president , we want them to pick leaders who are competent to head a complex cabinet department. What I want to assure you is that Sylvia is that kind of leader. I have the highest respect for her. > I hope you and Saxby have a good trip. I look forward to talking to you when you get back home. All my best - Erskine > > ________________________________________ > From: Burr, Richard (Burr) <RMB@burr.senate.gov> > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 5:39:45 PM > To: Erskine > Subject: > > So you can send your email. Sorry it took so long > > > > Sent with Good (www.good.com)