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Delivered-To: john.podesta@gmail.com Received: by 10.142.49.14 with SMTP id w14cs584659wfw; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:51:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.193.16 with SMTP id q16mr1162934rvf.109.1223650276119; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:51:16 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <fromanm@citi.com> Received: from mail.citigroup.com (mail12.ssmb.com [199.67.179.106]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 4si2052088yxd.2.2008.10.10.07.51.15; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:51:15 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of fromanm@citi.com designates 199.67.179.106 as permitted sender) client-ip=199.67.179.106; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of fromanm@citi.com designates 199.67.179.106 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=fromanm@citi.com Received: from imbarc-ss01.nam.nsroot.net (imbarc-ss01.ss.ssmb.com [135.155.128.166]) by imbaspam-ny06.iplex.ssmb.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/SSMB_EXT/ev: 22534 $) with ESMTP id m9AEpCXn006362 for <john.podesta@gmail.com>; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:51:15 GMT Received: from mailhub-nyc9.nam.nsroot.net (mailhub-nyc9-1.nam.nsroot.net [169.193.101.48]) by imbarc-ss01.nam.nsroot.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/SSMB_QQQ_IN/1.1) with ESMTP id m9AEpAKo020622 for <john.podesta@gmail.com>; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:51:10 GMT Received: from exnmdsm05.nam.nsroot.net (EXNMDSM05.nam.nsroot.net [169.193.142.71]) by mailhub-nyc9.nam.nsroot.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/CG_HUB) with ESMTP id m9AEpAjK014921 for <john.podesta@gmail.com>; Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:51:10 GMT Received: from exnjmb57.nam.nsroot.net ([169.193.42.64]) by exnmdsm05.nam.nsroot.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:51:10 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6619.12 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Fw: The Obama Adminstration Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:51:10 -0400 Message-ID: <0DA00BFE3116BB4DB975587B3511F4E00557C83D@EXNJMB57.nam.nsroot.net> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: The Obama Adminstration Thread-Index: Ackq5x+j0gvl3NeRQIKN7XvEFLmQmQAAIGKA From: "Froman, Michael B " <fromanm@citi.com> To: john.podesta@gmail.com X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Oct 2008 14:51:10.0492 (UTC) FILETIME=[A24395C0:01C92AE7] X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 172.27.136.25 FYI. ----- Original Message ----- From: Don Beyer <donbeyer@gmail.com> To: Froman, Michael B [CAI] Sent: Fri Oct 10 10:47:22 2008 Subject: The Obama Adminstration Good morning, Michael. I hope you are happy and well, thriving despite = the economic meltdown around us. =20 I write to ask, humbly but confidently, that you place my name in = consideration for a significant position in the much-hoped-for = Administration of President Barack Obama. =20 I have sent an initial CV through Betsy Myers, but I wanted to let you = know of my great personal interest in serving. =20 My wife and I have worked nearly full-time on the Obama campaign since = the first week of February 2007. I serve as the Obama for America = MidAtlantic Finance Chair, where I have built a world-class team of = fundraisers, and in the process, a tight and supportive community of = friends. We have done a very good job of raising money, second only to = the New York region (and ahead of California, Illinois, and New = England). Megan and I have personally raised (not through others) more = than $1,500,000 for OFA and the Obama Victory Fund. I offer this not as = a qualification for public service, but rather as testament to our early = and steadfast commitment to an Obama Presidency. (We also enjoyed 10 = days in the snows of Ottumwa, Iowa, with our teenage daughters.) =20 I served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia for eight happy and = productive years, from 1990 to 1998. I am CEO of the family business, a = chain of Volvo, Land Rover, Subaru, and Kia dealerships in Northern = Virginia. We have built a very strong reputation for excellence and = customer service over the last 35 years, and I have served in the top = leadership posts in the retail automotive industry. =20 I am most interested in serving as President Obama's Secretary of = Commerce. The global economic crisis demands business leadership able = to plan and articulate recovery strategies for American businesses and = workers. My decades of political campaigning give me the added skill of = writing and speaking well, with a good political ear. Most importantly, = I thrive on leading, on crafting a vision and uniting a workforce or a = community to achieve this vision. =20 Thank you for leading this thankless process. Please let me know how = best I can participate and contribute. And please know that for me, = this is all and only about public service, using my God-given talents = and experience to make the greatest difference in the lives of others. =20 I look forward to meeting you in the weeks ahead. In the meantime, = let's win! =20 All the best, =20 Don Beyer =20 cell 703 919 6163 =20 =20